Pre-silicon device model SW developer

We’re looking for candidates having proven commercial experience (2+ year) in system/embedded programming, having system debugging and troubleshooting experience with confident knowledge of Linux as a user and enthusiastic about the target area. For more details, please see below.

We offer 4-to-6 weeks guided self-study to get on top of Simics and Modelling basics using DML.

Our client is world’s leading vendor in silicon and SW development.

Successful candidate must be able to: 

• Study and understand technical specifications and Customer product architecture
• Study and understand Simics fundamentals:  Simics user and developer documentation, Simics API functions

• Implement device models according to Simics manuals, hardware specifications and provided design notes under supervision of tech. leads
• Document model features for user and other model developers using Markdown
• Use DML (Device Modelling Language) to code modules as requested
• Use Python to code modules as requested (or)
• Use C language to code modules as requested (or)

• Use C++ language to code modules as requested (would be a plus)
• Understand DML version differences and be able to update model code to the latest DML version
• Being able to create unit tests for new or updated code
• Work with Make build system (understanding of device build routine and ability to create/update make-file content) 
• Know how OS works, what is user mode and kernel mode, the role of drivers, OS boot process

• Integrate patches according to model development guide
• Understand CI flow and Jenkins pretest routine (being able to process pretest worklog) 
• Describe daily workload using JIRA 

The preference will be given to ambitious candidates who assotiate their professional grow path with building an ability to:

• Create requirements, high-level and detailed design of a functional device model or platform subsystem according to hardware specs

• Implement platform components without supervision
• Work with legacy code, understand how to refactor existing code according to updated design
• Understand system execution flows (reset, PCI enumeration, USB connect etc), know roles of the certain models there
• Know how different OS work, how to debug kernel and drivers, how to debug user level application using simulators (QEMU, Simics)
• Understand virtualization technologies, how functional simulators (QEMU/KVM, VirtualBox, Simics) utilize the technology

• Know UEFI at some level (execution phases, what is EFI driver, application, how to debug UEFI components)
• Able to take technical decisions on how to implement simulations which execute fast. This involves making the right decisions about simulation abstractions and tradeoffs. Able to optimize simulation execution
• Provide trainings and supervision to junior developers

Benefits:

• Stable, full-time and long-term employment
• Healthy work-life balance and friendly, caring atmosphere
• Career&proffesionnal development possibilities
• Good benefit package
• Cozy office/and possibility to work remotely
• Team and company events