Software/Firmware Engineer

Intel Federal LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation responsible for managing Intel's business with the US Federal Government. We collaborate with sales and marketing, government affairs, and Intel business units (BUs) to develop and execute programs for US Government (USG) agencies. Intel Federal works with and across the defense industrial base (DIB) and systems integrator (SI) ecosystem to deliver mission solutions to USG customers. Intel Federal's

Mission: Drive rapid, sustained, profitable growth of Intel's business in the Federal markets in partnership with product, research, and foundry teams while maintaining compliant execution of programs. Our objective is to establish Intel as the national champion for semiconductors. The

Intel Federal Engineering organization develops and productizes enhanced and custom products for Intel Federal's product segment. The organization has a growing set of capabilities across silicon design, packaging, platforms, and software. Team members can expect to contribute to a wide range of products including: highly specialized compute accelerators, ASICs, integration of customer and Intel IP at the Si level, package/module level integration of Intel and external components, and enhancement of Intel commercial products. The Software/Firmware role is responsible for developing, testing, and maintaining software and firmware for complex Linux software stacks. Initial emphasis in this role will be on firmware development and optimization. However candidates are expected to contribute to the overall SW stack over time. This role requires a strong understanding of hardware-software interaction, as well as the ability to design and optimize low-level code for Intel custom accelerators.

In this role, your responsibilities may include:

• Design, develop, and test firmware for Intel custom accelerators.

• Work closely with hardware and software architects to define system requirements and hardware-software interfaces.

• Optimize code for performance, memory usage, and power consumption.

• Co-optimize SW and FW components for best product-level performance and usability

• Debug and troubleshoot firmware issues using various tools such as pythonSV and simics, gdb

• Write and maintain technical documentation, including firmware specifications, design documents, and test plans.

• Participate in code reviews and adhere to best practices in version control, testing, and quality assurance.

• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in firmware development.

• Provide excellent written and verbal communications skills both internally across Intel and with external customers.

Qualifications

US Citizenship required. Candidates must possess the minimum education requirements noted below and minimum required qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications:

This position requires verification of United States citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States Government customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions.

• Ability to obtain an active Unites States Government Security Clearance.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical / Computer Engineering, or related field with 9+ years of experience.

• 10+ years of combined software and firmware experience.

• Experience C/C++, Assembly, and Python programming languages.

• Experience with multiple thread programming.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ firmware development experience.

• Experience directly interfacing with and supporting external customers.

• Experience working with US government customers on programs with federal information handling and security requirements.

• Experience with DMA, PCIE, TLP, SCF firmware development.

• Experience with Linux distributions such as RedHat, Ubuntu, equivalent.

• Experience with Container env for firmware development.

• Experience with Agile methodologies, collaborative development tools like Jira, Gerrit, and Jenkins.

• Experience with firmware development for custom accelerators.

Inside this Business Group

Enable amazing computing experiences with Intel Software continues to shape the way people think about computing - across CPU, GPU, and FPGA architectures. Get your hands on new technology and collaborate with some of the smartest people in the business. Our developers and software engineers work in all software layers, across multiple operating systems and platforms to enable cutting-edge solutions. Ready to solve some of the most complex software challenges? Explore an impactful and innovative career in Software.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here. (/jobs. intel. com/en/benefits)

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US $162,041. 00-$259,425. 00

*Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience

Working Model

This role is available as a fully home-based and generally would require you to attend Intel sites only occasionally based on business need. This role may also be available as our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change. *