Lead Engineer - SW Design
Silicon Labs18 hours ago
Hyderābād, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, maintain, debug, and release real-time embedded firmware in C/C++ for resource-constrained wireless systems.
- Own complex firmware features from design through implementation, debugging, and production release.
- Develop timing-critical, performance-sensitive code optimized for memory, power, and CPU constraints.
- Debug system-level issues spanning firmware, hardware, and protocol interactions.
- Contribute to Bluetooth coexistence and multi-protocol solutions.
- Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and product qualification activities.
- Collaborate with systems, PHY/RF, validation, and customer-facing engineering teams.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on embedded firmware development experience with deep proficiency in C/C++.
- Strong understanding of real-time systems, interrupts, concurrency, and low-level hardware interactions.
- Experience building memory- and power-optimized embedded software.
- Strong debugging skills with hardware and software tools such as JTAG, trace tools, logs, and protocol analyzers.
- Ability to independently drive technical solutions and make sound design decisions.
- Experience delivering embedded software products from concept through production.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Five to ten years of industry experience in embedded firmware or systems-level software development.
- Preferred qualifications include Bluetooth Classic or Bluetooth Low Energy experience, Bluetooth audio use cases, controller architectures, wireless protocol stacks, wireless coexistence, multi-protocol systems, automation, scripting, CI practices, and GenAI-assisted development tools.
Benefits
- Equity rewards in the form of RSUs.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Insurance plans with outpatient coverage.
- National Pension Scheme (NPS).
- Flexible work policy.
- Childcare support.
- Work/life balance in a collaborative and welcoming team environment.
About Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs designs and sells low-power wireless SoCs, MCUs, modules, and software stacks for IoT device makers in smart home, industrial, and commercial markets. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a public company on NASDAQ (SLAB) and provides SDKs and development tools supporting Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, and sub‑GHz protocols.