Director, Firmware Engineering
Bengaluru · Executive
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Skyworks’s RF & Mixed Signals Intelligence (RMI) Business Unit is seeking a Director, Firmware Engineering to lead its wireless engineering team in India comprising of firmware architects, developers and test engineers across various product segments. In this role, you will direct the software development team to support a variety of custom ASIC designs and develop firmware across MAC and Physical layer, Board Support Packages and Applications layer, interfacing directly with customers’ software stack. On-device AI algorithms in areas of wireless and audio is a much-needed goal of this role. In addition to the technical role, you will be required to work closely with engineering and marketing senior leadership to drive the vision and engage with customers directly to productize the solution through their launch.
Responsibilities
- Lead software/firmware design and development in India
- Work closely with senior engineering leadership to formulate the best approach to support existing and seed new product ideas
- Hire and grow top talent in the India design center
- Drive collaboration within the team and across the groups spanning 3 geographies
- Push team towards organic innovation and generate IP in the process
Required Experience and Skills
- BS EE required, MSEE preferred
- 20+ years of experience building, developing, and leading high-performing software/firmware teams
- Experience in embedded software design, development and debugging in C/C++ in a resource constrained environment
- Experience with hardware bring-up and validation
- Experience with debugging embedded software systems: familiarity with JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.
- Experience presenting complex engineering topics to a broad audience in a concise manner
- Ability to inspire innovation and technical growth in your employees through hands-on mentoring and development
Desired Experience and Skills
- Expertise in system design/architecture
- Working knowledge of standard hardware protocols (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART, USB)
- Working knowledge of audio interface standards and concerns/pitfalls
- Experience with wireless protocols (upper layers down to MAC) in the unlicensed band
- Experience with the ARM, CEVA, Tensilica/Cadence and RISC-V core architectures
- Experience with RTOS (Zephyr, FreeRTOS)
- Experience with developing consumer devices with aggressive time-to-market deadlines
- A history of cross-functional leadership and proven track record of seeding new initiatives
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