Systems Software Engineer - Firmware
Toronto/KW/Remote
Software /
Full-time /
Hybrid
We’re looking for best in class engineers to join our existing top-notch team. When you join Untether AI, you will be part of a team that designs, develops and verifies the software that interacts with our chip, collaborating with our hardware engineers and with fellow software engineers in the process. By creating software that fully realizes the capabilities of the hardware, you will help get AI inference to the general populace.
As part of this exceptional team, you are able to - and get excited by - identifying functional/performance bottlenecks and how to alleviate them in order to achieve scalable and reliable software. You excel in an environment with complex software and hardware designs.
The runtime team at Untether is looking for a firmware developer to help create firmware for our next generation products. Pre-silicon, you will work with senior developers, hardware designers and the runtime software team to create solutions for initialization, management and debugging of our leading edge AI accelerators. Your software will configure and control hardware blocks such as PCIe, LPDDR, SPI and various Untether specific modules. You will play a key role in initial bring up and validation of silicon and will work closely with the runtime team to verify the functionality provided to the host device drivers. You are a capable communicator, organized and detail oriented.
We work in a fast paced, startup environment and you will welcome the opportunity to expand the scope of your role in all phases of the project.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering, software engineering, or a related discipline.
- 2+ years experience in firmware development for embedded processors and near real-time systems.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong C/C++ programming and debugging skills.
- Experienced in team oriented software development methods including version control, code review and architectural planning.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience in writing low level code to interact with hardware peripherals.
- Experience with debug tools such as JTAG and gdb.
- Familiar with RISC-V processor architecture and tool chains.
- Familiar with real-time executives such as FreeRTOS or Zephyr.
- Familiar with chip and board bring up activities.
- Familiar with multi-threaded software development.
What are some of the perks that you will receive being part of Untether AI?
- Aligned to Untether’s philosophy, our employees enjoy the same perks, regardless of role or level. In part, these include:
- 20 vacation days
- Strong health and extended health benefits
- Unlimited sick days
- Stock options
- Building chips and software that will change the world
Thinking about applying?
- We’re a pretty welcoming bunch of people. If we’ve piqued your interest, you’re passionate about the same things we are but you aren’t sure if you check all the boxes, please apply anyway. We’re a great place to work, an even better place to learn and we focus on both capability and potential!
- Besides being a pretty friendly group, we’re also pretty diverse - ethnically, experientially and in our physical and mental abilities. If you are someone who needs accommodation during the interview process and/or in the workplace, please send a note along with your resume to careers@untether.ai and we’ll be in touch.
A little bit more about Untether AI:
Untether AI has developed a groundbreaking new architecture that brings neural net inference to new levels of performance and efficiency. We’ve already sold our product to smart clients who want to get in at ground zero. We’ve done this while continuing to improve our technology creating ultra-efficient, high performance AI chips that eliminates the data movement bottleneck that costs energy and performance in traditional architectures. We’re a team made up of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs and have the support of tier one investors. We recently received $125 million in our series B funding round which enables us to expand our customer engagements, enhance our software offering, and build the next generation of industry leading AI inference products. Join us to be part of something big - a chance to create the future of AI.
