Efficient’s Lead Embedded Engineer will own the technical direction of our embedded team, guiding application and firmware development for the world’s most energy-efficient programmable processor. They will collaborate across all teams, gathering requirements and information to successfully bring up new silicon. Further, they will work closely with the compiler team to implement customer requirements and build optimized libraries and firmware. This position is a unique opportunity to develop applications for cutting-edge hardware as part of a highly interdisciplinary team, helping to demonstrate the value of Efficient’s breakthrough technology. If you are an engineer who wants to play an integral role on an intensely skilled team and wants to have an immediate impact building the next generation of energy-efficient embedded applications, this is for you!
Key Responsibilities
- Own the technical direction of the embedded team by: architecting software and firmware systems, setting technical sprint and epic goals, and mentoring and unblocking junior engineers
- Develop embedded applications for Efficient’s processor using customer requirements, specifications, and existing code
- Develop a board support package (BSP) for Efficient’s processor and maintain a set of standard libraries
- Build out Efficient’s software ecosystem, including optimized libraries for embedded TinyML, standard DSP kernels, and other common operations
- Work on the bring-up and characterization of a new processor by: helping to write chip documentation, optimizing code to efficiently target the processor, working with customers to understand how their code performs, and profiling the power consumption of application code
- Work closely with compiler team to test and refine compiler feature set
Required Qualifications & Experience Requirements
- Must be an excellent embedded engineer with 5+ years of post-graduate experience OR similar experience with a PhD
- Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering or related field required; Master’s degree or PhD preferred.
- Deep knowledge of at least one embedded platform, such as MSP430, STM32, Ambiq Apollo, PIC32, or similar
- 5+ years of experience with C and/or C++
- Experience developing and deploying sophisticated applications under resource constraints
- Experience using non-standard build environments and compiler toolchains, especially for embedded systems
- Experience using industry standard development and debugging tools for embedded development
- Strong attention to detail, good work ethic, ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, and good communication skills
- Good problem-solving skills; ability to develop solutions and ideas when faced with problems or issues
Desired Qualifications & Experience Requirements
- Experience building TinyML models and deploying models under severe resource constraints (e.g. limited memory)
- Experience bringing up new silicon or working on new silicon
- Experience writing optimized BLAS and DSP kernels
- Experience with compiler development, including LLVM and/or MLIR
- Experience with PCB board design using industry standard CAD tools like Altium or similar
- Knowledge of computer architecture
- Work performed for government contract customers may at times require U.S. citizenship
About Efficient Corporation:
Efficient is developing the world’s most energy-efficient general-purpose computer processor. Efficient’s patented technology uses 100x less energy than state of the art commercially available ultra-low-power processors and is programmable using standard high-level programming languages and AI/ML frameworks. This level of efficiency makes perpetual, pervasive intelligence possible: run AI/ML continuously on a AA battery for 5-10 years. Our platform’s unprecedented level of efficiency enables IoT devices to intelligently capture and curate first-party data to drive the next major computing revolution.
Efficient was established in 2022 as a spinout of Carnegie Mellon University and is currently building a world-class team of hardware and software engineers spanning from silicon implementation to compilers. With pre-seed funding secured, a portfolio of patent-protected IP, and substantial progress on hardware and software development, Efficient is moving quickly toward delivering first silicon in early- to mid-2024. Find out more about our story at https://www.efficient.computer
Working at Efficient:
We are a small, but mighty team, with team members spread across EffHQ in Pittsburgh, an office in San Jose, and other locations in the US. We are a young company on a tremendous growth path. We aim to bring our team together, in-person often and camaraderie is key to our success. We have the tools and technology to keep us together and interactive as a remote team, as well.
We are dedicated to our core values: Adventure, Teamliness, Excellence, Impact, Determination, Integrity. Our core values define who we are as people, as a team and as a company and they are prevalent throughout our meetings, interactions, and culture.
Efficient offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including 401K match, company-paid benefits, equity program, paid parental leave, flexibility, and more! We are committed to personal and professional development and strive to grow together as people and as a company.
