Firmware Engineer (Taiwan)

Job Title

Firmware Engineer (Taiwan)

Role Summary

Develop firmware and low-level software for Etched's inference hardware, focusing on drivers, APIs, system integration, and performance optimization for AI workloads. Work closely with hardware and software teams to deliver production-ready features and stable releases.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The role expects around 3 years of relevant professional experience in software and firmware development.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include development, integration, and validation of firmware across the stack.

• Design, implement, and maintain firmware for embedded systems and inference hardware.
• Develop low-level drivers and APIs to interface with hardware components.
• Test, validate, and debug firmware on product launches and production boards.
• Troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues and support root-cause analysis.
• Optimize firmware for throughput, latency, and reliability for AI inference workloads.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware, software, research, manufacturing) to ship features.
• Participate in in-person engineering activities in the Taipei office.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; followed by concise nice-to-have items.

• Minimum ~3 years professional software development experience with competence in data structures and algorithms.
• Minimum ~3 years developing and testing software for product launches.
• Minimum ~3 years hands-on firmware design, implementation, and troubleshooting experience.
• Practical experience with embedded architectures and IO technologies such as I2C, SPI, PCIe, and DRAM.
• Familiarity with system concepts like scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware-software boundaries.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience resolving customer-related technical issues.
• Comfort solving ambiguous problems and defining solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. Preferred: Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: Etched

Headquarters: San Jose, CA, United States

Etched develops purpose-built AI inference ASICs and systems optimized for transformer models, aiming to deliver significantly higher performance, lower cost, and lower latency than GPUs. The company focuses on enabling applications like real-time video generation and advanced reasoning agents, and is backed by leading investors and engineers.