Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Cornelis Networks delivers the world’s highest performance scale-out networking solutions for AI and HPC datacenters. Our differentiated architecture seamlessly integrates hardware, software and system level technologies to maximize the efficiency of GPU, CPU and accelerator-based compute clusters at any scale. Our solutions drive breakthroughs in AI & HPC workloads, empowering our customers to push the boundaries of innovation. Backed by top-tier venture capital and strategic investors, we are committed to innovation, performance and scalability - solving the world’s most demanding computational challenges with our next-generation networking solutions. 

 

We are a fast-growing, forward-thinking team of architects, engineers, and business professionals with a proven track record of building successful products and companies. As a global organization, our team spans multiple U.S. states and six countries, and we continue to expand with exceptional talent in onsite, hybrid, and fully remote roles. 

Cornelis Networks is seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer with experience writing optimized C code, preferably for fabrics or networks. Ideal candidates will have written C/C++ code for high performance, optimal efficiency, and low memory footprint. The candidate will have experience writing and debugging C code in embedded processors. The successful candidate who demonstrates strong team building, collaboration, and leadership skills will have opportunities for growth into a leadership position. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop optimized C code for embedded processors 

• Collaborate with architects and hardware engineers when designing the software architecture 

• Develop and implement standard processes for unit test, collaborate on CI implementations 

• Review other team members’ design documents and pull requests 

• Layout and establish design documents with the engineering team 

• Review and provide strong feedback on firmware and software architecture specifications and design specifications 

• Work with the Software Engineering Manager to identify tasks and build out schedules 

 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s, Computer Science, or related discipline, or the equivalent in training and experience 

• Minimum experience: ~10 years; we level based on capability 

• Experience in C or C++ 

• Familiarity with software development tools and toolchains including gcc and/or clang, make, cmake, git, bug tracking software (e.g. Jira), GitHub 

• Familiarity with debugging tools used in an embedded environment (logic analyzer, JTAG debugger and innovative methods for logging information for analysis and debug purposes) 

• Comfort with Linux user space and basic systems tools; familiarity with sockets or message-based I/O. 

• Understanding of how binary protocols work: framing, headers, IDs, checksums/CRC, and state machines. 

• Experience with at least one low speed or board level interface (I2C/SMBus, SPI, UART)