The Role
Develop low- (BIOS, firmware, device drivers) and mid-level software (emulation, simulation, and virtualization) to enable the use of Openchip’s novel hardware features and accelerators, bringing visible improvements to end users.
Develop low- (BIOS, firmware, device drivers) and mid-level software (emulation, simulation, and virtualization) to enable the use of Openchip’s novel hardware features and accelerators, bringing visible improvements to end users.
Key Responsibilities
Understand the technical landscape of their project and make decisions about it.
Make independent technical contributions, especially for the most foundational or challenging parts of the project.
Develop and maintain low-level software (BIOS and firmware) for novel hardware architectures.
Develop and maintain device drivers for operating systems (mainly Linux) to expose novel hardware features (e.g., telemetry) and acceleration, as well as to support their emulation and virtualization.
Provide monitoring, instrumentation, and telemetry to export system status and health metrics.




Provide workload control and configuration, and API entry points to allow remote operation.
Configure and extend emulation, simulation, and virtualization software.
Interact with engineers and leads from their and other teams to unblock issues, or to reach consensus on technical topics. In particular:
Work with hardware teams, influencing hardware/software co-design.
Work with teams developing middleware, and/or contribute to middleware.
Provide technical guidance to more junior team members, also acting as a mentor.
Review team artifacts (design documents, code changes) both for correctness but also for code quality and consistency.
Identify opportunities for code and/or process improvement.
Loop in directors and above as needed, for instance to surface potential risks or get feedback based on area-level technical knowledge.
Collaborate with program managers for task and deliverable tracking, as well as pro

📌 Staff Firmware and Operating System Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Openchip & Software Technologies
📍 Barcelona