Firmware Engineer II
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Firmware Engineer II
About this role
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
Job Description
Be part of the Cadence DDR PHY IP Front End Design team responsible for -
• Develop firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers
• Developing firmware in C typically involving bare-metal programming and developing low-level APIs on Microcontrollers.
• Responsible for collaborating with hardware designers and memory subsystem architects to derive training algorithms and implement them.
• Responsible for collaborating with the verification team to deduce firmware-hardware co-verification plan.
• Develop and Debug firmware in RTL based hardware simulations (C +Verilog simulations)
• Develop and Debug on Silicon bring-up boards.
Required Skills:
• Good Knowledge of DDR5 JEDEC spec, knowledge of different DIMM configurations and specifications.
• Relevant experience in developing bare-metal firmware for High-speed SerDes or Memory interface Physical Layer blocks.
• Good Knowledge of C programming language for embedded software development and use of relevant IDE.
• Comfortable debugging RTL simulations involving firmware and microcontroller subsystem.
• Good knowledge of Shell/Perl/Python/TCL scripting
• Good experience on Verification EDA Tools like simulators and waveform viewers
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This Firmware Engineer II role at cadence is based in AUSTIN. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Firmware Engineer II role at cadence full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a Full time position. It is posted as a Firmware Engineer II role at cadence.
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When was the Firmware Engineer II job at cadence posted?
This Firmware Engineer II position at cadence was posted on Jul 13, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Firmware Engineer II
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