Tech Staff Engineer - Software page is loaded Tech Staff Engineer - Software Apply locations Canada - Burnaby time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R169-24 Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 20,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology, Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values ; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it's won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. We are looking for an energetic and self-motivated person with an Engineering or Computer Science background to join our Software team in the Communication Business Unit at Microchip. We are building software for the high performance System on Chip (SoC) devices developed by our hardware teams. These SoC products contain clusters of CPUs, data switching subsystems and a variety of high speed and low speed interfaces. One of our development projects is described in this release: . Our focus is on technical excellence, teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvements in an open and encouraging environment. If you have a strong technical background in firmware, software, embedded systems, architecture and product development then this is the position for you! As a Technical Staff Engineer, you will be part of a team of professionals working in an Agile development team environment which uses Scrum, Pair-programming, and Test Driven Development practices. We use these practices to collaboratively design, implement and test code for our devices running Hypervisors and various OS/RTOSs on ARM, RISC-V and Intel processors. The code we develop for our high performance embedded processors allows for next generation algorithms and systems development in a range of applications that run on Linux/VxWorks/FreeRTOS, XEN Hypervisor, multi-CPU clusters, ethernet switches, high speed interfaces (PCIe/CXL) and memory & peripheral interfaces. You'll be able to use your detailed experience in one or more of these areas towards building the next generation of products. You will participate in all stages of the project including requirements capture, architectural design, planning, detailed design, implementation, and system level discussion with hardware architects and customers. Specify requirements of software components for new products. Architect, design, develop, integrate, critical portions of product software. Troubleshoot and resolve complex problems during software bring-up on target hardware. Take responsibility for the quality and performance of software components developed. Take responsibility for planning, setting goals and meeting deadlines within the team Create internal architectural/design documentation and where needed user manuals and release notes for delivered software components. Work with local and remote teams and customers to assure on-spec and on-time delivery of components. Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent. Fifteen or more years of experience in embedded software development for MIPS, ARM, RISC-V or similar CPU systems, five or more years in a leadership position. Proficiency in C/C++ and assembly code development in one or more of Linux/VxWorks/FreeRTOS or similar operating systems. Driver, kernel and bootloader development is an asset. In-depth understanding of Ethernet and RDMA and other communications protocols is an asset. Experience in hardware/software co-debugging and FPGA emulation or embedded hardware/software systems. Experience with at least one scripting language (Python or similar). Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency with ability to travel within Canada and USA It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading IESPP program with a 6-month look back feature. As one of the top performing semiconductor companies in the world, we are led by a set of guiding values and a mission to become the very best embedded control solutions company ever.