Senior Firmware Engineer

Description:

We are currently partnered with an industry leading semiconductor company in Ireland looking to expand their headcount at their leading EU office with an experienced Firmware Engineer. You would be joining a globally distributed team working at the forefront of developing firmware for high-performance SoCs powering the future of cloud edge and data center technology.

This is a permanent working opportunity based in Cork, Ireland.

Key responsibilities for this Senior Firmware Engineer position:

• Design and maintain low-level firmware and device drivers for SoCs and edge devices
• Develop and debug embedded software, ensuring compatibility with evolving hardware platforms
• Collaborate across hardware, software, and architecture teams in a multi-site environment
• Support secure boot, embedded Linux, and real-time systems
• Contribute to BSP development and embedded Linux infrastructure
• Document and support embedded software components through the full development lifecycle

Key requirements:

• 2–7+ years’ experience in embedded systems or firmware development
• Proficient in C/C++ development with unit testing and static code analysis
• Experience with low-level software: BSPs, RTOS, Secure Boot, TrustZone, or embedded Linux
• Familiarity with SoC architecture (memory, I/O, DMA, buses, power management)
• Comfortable with interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe
• Experience using debugging and development tools (e.g., JTAG, SWD, GNU/LLVM toolchains)