Firmware Development Engineer

Job Title

Senior Firmware Development Engineer

Role Summary

Develop and maintain embedded security firmware, device drivers, and software tools used to verify and operate Silicon IP. Work on on-chip firmware, drivers, hardware-abstraction models, and host-side test/verification infrastructure within the Silicon IP Development team in Vught, NL.

The role requires hands-on implementation, performance optimization, and collaboration across hardware and software teams to deliver secure, production-quality embedded software.

Experience Level

Senior - typically 5–8 years of relevant professional engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Primary day-to-day responsibilities include design, implementation, verification and delivery of embedded security software and associated infrastructure.

• Specify, develop, benchmark, document and maintain embedded security firmware and drivers.
• Implement and refactor code to improve reliability, performance and maintainability.
• Coordinate testing, packaging, secure deployment and delivery of software and production data.
• Perform and participate in code reviews, design reviews and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product architecture and software/hardware interfaces.
• Develop hardware-abstraction models and internal software tools for testing and verification.

Requirements

Applicants should meet the technical must-haves below; a short list of desirable skills follows.

Must-have

• Proven embedded software development experience in security-focused projects.
• Expert-level C++ development skills, preferably on Linux, including object-oriented design and core libraries.
• Experience with multithreaded, real-time application development and high-volume transaction processing.
• Experience optimizing embedded code for performance and resource-constrained environments.
• Familiarity with hardware design, hardware-abstraction modeling and low-level machine/assembly code implementation and debug.
• Practical knowledge of cryptography, key management and general security concepts.
• Experience with agile software development lifecycle (design, development, testing, support) and Linux-based development.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with SystemC/TLM 2.0 for hardware modeling.
• Linux device driver development and Linux host application development experience.

Education Requirements

Minimum: Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. BS/MS in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering or a related technical discipline is preferred.

About the Company

Company: Rambus

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, USA

Rambus is a global leader in advanced semiconductor and technology solutions, specializing in enhancing data access and improving performance in computing, networking, and storage applications. The company is known for its innovative IP and solutions in memory, security, and interface technologies. With a strong focus on research and development, Rambus continues to push the boundaries of technology to meet the growing demands of the digital age.