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Ayar Labs · 5 hours ago

Intern, Platform Firmware/ Software Engineer

San Jose, CA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$44/hr - $55/hr

1+ years exp

Ayar Labs is revolutionizing the world of optical interconnect technology with our cutting-edge electro-photonic chips! We are seeking an exceptional Intern Firmware Engineer to help drive firmware design from inception to customer deployment, ensuring seamless hardware validation and integration.

AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerHardwareInformation TechnologySemiconductor

No H1B

Responsibilities

Help design a general test and control platform: Initialize and control the platform's hardware (like the CPU, memory and I/O devices)

Load the operating system, making the platform ready for use

Collaborate closely with platform firmware, embedded firmware, system hardware and AISC engineers to develop sophisticated software platform solutions and meet the test requirements for our digital and photonic multi-chip and laser systems

Qualification

Bare-metal firmware developmentC programmingC++ programmingPythonMicrocontroller experienceFirmware debugging toolsCommunication protocolsVersion control (Git)Project management tools (JIRA)CI/CD toolsScripting with high level languageOwnership of software modulesFast-paced environment adaptability

Required

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field with 1+ years of experience

Proven expertise in bare-metal platform firmware development, with strong programming skills in C, C++ and python

Hands-on, proactive approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment

Experience with various microcontrollers (e.g., STM, Microchip) and firmware debugging tools

Experience with communication protocols (e.g., I2C, SPI, USB, UART)

Proficiency with modern version control workflows (e.g., Git)

Familiarity with project management tools (JIRA), and CI/CD tools

Preferred

Experience in platform firmware development for laser applications

Experience in firmware development for high-speed electronics and photonics applications

Experience in scripting with high level language like Python

Ability to own architecture and development of software modules from scratch

Company

Ayar Labs

Ayar Labs develops optical I/O solutions for large-scale AI workloads to accelerate data movement within AI systems.

Founded in 2015

San Jose, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://ayarlabs.com

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$374.65M

Key Investors

Capital TENBoardman Bay Capital ManagementLockheed Martin Ventures

2024-12-11Series D· $155M

2023-05-24Series C· $25M

2022-04-26Series C· $130M

Leadership Team

Mark Wade

President and CEO, Co-Founder

Alex Wright-Gladstein

Co-Founder and Advisor

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