2) Staff Engineer – Embedded Firmware – CXL/PCIe/Memory controller - Pune & Hyderabad at Kandou AI

Department: Engineering

Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 24, 2026

Description

The role develops firmware modules and services for Kandou’s Memory fabrics products, implementing and supporting differentiating product features. It requires a bachelor’s degree in electronics or computer engineering, at least 8–15 years of firmware experience for server, storage, and/or networking SoC products, and hands-on experience with embedded firmware, PCIe/CXL/NVMe protocols, C or C++, RTOS/Zephyr OS, and SoC interfaces. Preferred qualifications include DDR, storage or SSD firmware, and simulation or virtual-platform development.

Required Skills

Firmware development
Bare metal/RTOS
PCIe/CXL/NVMe
C/C++
RTOS/Zephyr
SoC interfaces

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering or Computer Science
Required Previous Experiences: Experience developing bare-metal or RTOS firmware for on-chip microcontrollers or processors
8–15 years of firmware development for server, storage, and/or networking SoC products
Hands-on embedded firmware development for PCIe/CXL/NVMe protocols, C or C++, and C-based SDKs
Experience developing and enabling RTOS/Zephyr OS firmware
Familiarity with SoC interfaces to PCIe, NVMe, DDR, AMBA/AHB, and on-chip memory IP blocks
Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree
Proficiency in C or C++
Experience with DDR, storage, SSD, NVMe, PCIe, CXL, or flash management
Experience with simulation or virtual-platform development using tools such as Renode or QEMU
Translation Company Name: Kandou AI