Lead Engineer - SW Design

Job Summary

About the Team The Bluetooth RD team at Silicon Labs develops and maintains embedded firmware for wireless products across Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). The team works on performance-critical, standards-compliant firmware enabling advanced use cases such as audio streaming, HFP calling, and LE Audio, in close collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams across multiple global locations.

The Role Silicon Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Embedded Firmware to design and deliver high-quality embedded firmware for resource-constrained wireless systems. This is a hands-on, embedded-centric role requiring deep expertise in real-time firmware development, low-level debugging, and system-level thinking. Bluetooth experience-particularly in audio-related use cases-is strongly preferred, but the role primarily targets engineers with proven senior-level embedded firmware skills who can quickly ramp on complex wireless stacks and drive technical ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain real-time embedded firmware in C/C++ for resource-constrained systems.
• Own complex firmware features from design through implementation, debugging, and release.
• Develop timing-critical, performance-sensitive code with strong attention to memory, power, and CPU constraints.
• Debug complex system-level issues spanning firmware, hardware, and protocol interactions.
• Contribute to multi-protocol and wireless coexistence (CoEx) solutions.
• Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and product qualification activities.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including systems, PHY/RF, validation, and customer-facing engineering teams.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong, hands-on experience in embedded firmware development, with deep proficiency in C/C++.
• Solid understanding of real-time systems, interrupts, concurrency, and low-level hardware interactions.
• Proven experience building memory- and power-optimized embedded software.
• Strong debugging skills using hardware and software tools (JTAG, trace, logs, protocol analyzers, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive technical solutions and make sound design decisions.
• Experience delivering embedded software products from concept through production.

Preferred / Bonus Skills

• Experience with Bluetooth Classic and/or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
• Familiarity with Bluetooth audio use cases (e.g., audio streaming, HFP, LE Audio).
• Understanding of Bluetooth controller architectures and wireless protocol stacks.
• Experience with wireless coexistence (CoEx) and multi-protocol systems.
• Familiarity with modern development workflows, including automation, scripting, and CI practices.
• Exposure to or practical use of GenAI-assisted development tools (e.g., AI code assistants, analysis tools, productivity tools) as a productivity and quality enhancement.

Education and Experience

Bachelor s or Master s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

5 to 10 years of industry experience in embedded firmware or systems-level software development.

Experience with artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools and technologies used to enhance productivity, analysis, and decision-making

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