Lead Firmware Engineer

Cadence Design Systems

Lead Firmware Engineer responsible for developing firmware for DDR5 PHY at Cadence. Collaborating with teams to implement training algorithms and firmware-hardware co-verification.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeBeijing • 🇨🇳 ChinaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PerlPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop firmware for DDR5 PHY using microcontrollers
Developing firmware in C typically involving bare-metal programming
Collaborating with hardware designers to derive training algorithms
Collaborating with the verification team for firmware-hardware co-verification
Develop and Debug firmware in RTL based hardware simulations
Develop and Debug on Silicon bring-up boards

Requirements

What you’ll need

Good Knowledge of DDR5 JEDEC spec
Relevant experience in developing bare-metal firmware
Good Knowledge of C programming language
Comfortable debugging RTL simulations
Good knowledge of Shell/Perl/Python/TCL scripting
Good experience on Verification EDA Tools

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Accessibility accommodations

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Hard Skills & Tools

firmware developmentC programmingbare-metal programmingdebuggingRTL simulationsShell scriptingPerl scriptingPython scriptingTCL scriptingDDR5 PHY

Soft Skills

collaboration