Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (Warsaw)

<p>Softeq is looking for a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer with hands-on experience developing low-level firmware for NAND flash controllers, SSDs, UFS/eMMC devices, and storage subsystems. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in Flash Translation Layer (FTL), NAND drivers, ECC, and performance optimization.<br/>This position requires close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-performance, reliable, and power-efficient storage firmware for next-generation flash devices.</p><p></p><p><em>We are expecting to grow our team and begin new projects in the next 1-2 months, As such, we’re starting to accept resumes and process chosen candidates.</em></p><p><em>Feel free to apply!</em><br/></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Location/type of contract:</strong></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Warsaw, Poland (B2B contract, 100% remote)</strong></p><p dir="ltr"><strong><br/></strong></p><p>Essential Skills<br/>General<br/></p><ul> <li>Bare-metal and RTOS firmware development experience in industrial or embedded electronics.</li> <li>Strong C and C++ programming skills; Python experience for tooling and automation.</li> <li>Experience developing test scripts for SSD devices and understanding SSD testing methodologies.</li> </ul><p>Flash Storage &amp; FTL Expertise<br/></p><ul> <li>Flash Translation Layer (FTL): page/block mapping, hybrid FTL architectures.</li> <li>Bad block management, metadata handling, and journaling.</li> <li>Power-loss protection mechanisms and metadata recovery processes.</li> <li>ECC engines (BCH, LDPC) and redundancy/error-correction schemes.</li> <li>NAND timing analysis, ONFI/Toggle NAND protocols, and low-level NAND interfaces.</li> <li>test framework implementation for PC simulated firmware.</li> </ul><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>