The Role
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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

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- 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 process improvements.

- Communicate outside the team, explaining and divulging technical topics to less technical parts of the organization.

Required Qualifications

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- Bachelor or Master’s degree in a relevant field.

- Experience in the relevant field (more than 10 years).

- Solid knowledge about computer architecture (CPU, cache and memory hierarchy, buses,. . ).

- Good understanding of pre-boot and boot process, and Linux kernel internals.

- Knowledge about compilation and linking process (toolchains, object file formats, binutils, dynamic loading,. . ).

- Solid knowledge of low-level development languages (C, Rust).

- Experience with assembly language (of any architecture).





- Experience with standard tools for source control (git), continuous integration, task management (Jira).

Preferred Qualifications

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- Experience with RISC-V development at the assembly-language level.

- Experience with kernel and/or device driver development.

- Experience with emulators and simulators (Qemu, Gem5, Spike).

- Experience with hypervisor technology (KVM, Xen).

- Experience with open source software development.

- Experience with system boot technology (UEFI/EDK2, ACPI, u-boot, devicetree).

Soft Skills

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- Within- and cross-team collaboration at the technical level.

- Experience leading teams at the technical level (not necessarily with a formal management role).

What do we offer?

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- Join an innovative team and experience company growth.

- We believe in investing in our employees and providing them with the opportunities they need to grow and develop their careers.

- Enjoy a hybrid work environment.

- We also offer adaptable schedule.

- We offer a remuneration that values your experience.

- The position will have the base in Barcelona.

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world.

At Openchip & Software Technologies S.L. , we believe a diverse and inclusive team is the key to groundbreaking ideas. xghoner We foster a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential – regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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