USB Lead Engineer
GlobalFoundries1 day ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Enable and maintain USB host, device, and dual-role functionality on a 64-bit RISC-V MPU Linux platform.
- Bring up USB controllers, PHYs, clocks, resets, interrupts, Device Tree bindings, power management, suspend/resume, and performance tuning.
- Develop and debug USB drivers and related USB core, hub, gadget, and class-driver subsystems.
- Validate enumeration, throughput, latency, storage and networking classes, hot-plug reliability, and USB interoperability.
- Deliver USB-ready SDK releases with integration, regression validation, documentation, and debugging guides.
- Create automated USB validation plans, applications, and tests for virtual platforms, emulation, FPGA, and first silicon.
- Debug and root-cause hardware, firmware, and kernel issues using logs, traces, JTAG, and logic or protocol analyzers.
- Own USB feature planning, compliance goals, bring-up milestones, stakeholder alignment, bug triage, and release readiness.
- Support OEMs, Tier-1 customers, early adopters, and upstream kernel, Device Tree, and test-collateral contributions.
Requirements
- B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 8–15 years of experience in embedded Linux platform/BSP and device-driver development.
- Expert-level C programming and the ability to modify kernel, driver, and low-level firmware code.
- Strong Linux internals knowledge, including boot flow, memory and interrupt subsystems, concurrency, and performance debugging.
- Hands-on SoC/platform bring-up and high-speed I/O enablement experience.
- Experience with U-Boot, Linux kernel, Device Tree, Yocto/OpenEmbedded, and USB integration in BSP or SDK releases.
- Strong debugging skills with GDB and at least one of OpenOCD/JTAG, Lauterbach, or a similar tool.
- Experience with FPGA, emulation, or early-silicon platforms for bring-up and validation.
- Deep USB 2/USB 3 and Linux USB architecture knowledge, including usbcore, HCD, and the gadget framework.
- Experience with USB compliance/interoperability testing, post-silicon triage, and USB performance or link-stability analysis is preferred.
- Exposure to USB Type-C/PD, retimers, DisplayPort Alt Modes, QEMU, virtual platforms, emulation workflows, and automated Python or shell validation frameworks is preferred.
- Familiarity with USB-related platform security boundaries, secure boot, firmware/OS boundaries, and attack-surface considerations is preferred.
Benefits
- Opportunity to build a RISC-V MPU platform from the ground up and see it shipped in real products.
- End-to-end ownership from pre-silicon through FPGA, first silicon, and production SDK releases.
- Close collaboration with CPU architects and SoC teams on a strategic platform.
- Deep technical work, a strong peer group, and long-term growth.
- GlobalFoundries offers a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
- Employment offers are subject to successful background checks, applicable medical screenings, and local laws; benefits information is provided through the employer careers site.
- Location is Pune or Bangalore, India.
About GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries manufactures semiconductors as a contract foundry, offering process technologies, design enablement, and wafer fabrication for chip designers and device makers across automotive, data center, mobile, and IoT markets. Headquartered in Malta, New York and founded in 2009, it operates fabs in the U.S., Europe, and Asia and is listed on Nasdaq (GFS). Customers use its analog/RF, high-voltage, and specialty nodes alongside advanced CMOS.