Firmware Engineer

Bolt Graphics•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$180,000 - $230,000

About The Position

Bolt is seeking a talented and experienced firmware lead engineer to architect, develop, and bring up embedded firmware for advanced digital integrated circuits. The role collaborates with cross-functional teams to develop solutions that meet customer requirements and industry standards. The ideal candidate brings deep embedded firmware expertise and can mentor engineers, review designs, coordinate cross-functional work, and help ensure high-quality firmware delivery across system components. The engineer will help define, implement, and evolve firmware that orchestrates GPU execution, scheduling, context management, and system-level control. The role includes developing embedded firmware, boot software, and device drivers for high-speed silicon, memory, interconnect, and power/thermal subsystems, and driving root-cause analysis across lab bring-up, qualification, manufacturing, and field-return scenarios. The position also provides technical leadership and drives program execution with cross-geography teams.

Requirements

10 or more years of experience in low-level microcontroller firmware development.
Deep understanding of interrupt schemes, multithreading, DMA, memory management, and resource-constrained embedded environments.
Solid understanding of low-level software, device drivers, hardware interfaces, and system bring-up.
Proven track record of leading complex projects from concept to completion.
Experience with platform initialization and low-level drivers for peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, UARTs, and GPIO, as well as memory management, scheduling, interrupts, and multithreading.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Experience with custom ASIC or SoC pre-silicon verification and post-silicon bring-up.
Professional attitude and ability to prioritize multiple dynamic tasks, prepare for customer/vendor meetings in advance, and work with minimal guidance and supervision.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and collaborate effectively within cross-functional global teams.

Responsibilities

Shape the definition, implementation, and evolution of firmware for GPU execution, scheduling, context management, and system-level control.
Collaborate with architecture, RTL design, verification, validation, and systems software teams to define firmware requirements and interfaces.
Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware, boot software, and device drivers for high-speed silicon, memory, interconnect, and power/thermal subsystems.
Drive root-cause analysis across lab bring-up, qualification, manufacturing, and field-return scenarios.
Mentor engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, code reviews, and debug support.
Collaborate with cross-geography teams, drive program execution, and deliver products.