Staff Engineer- PPAT

Hyderabad, Telangana, India March 7, 2026 Eightfold Ai
Design and develop advanced power management solutions for diverse product segments: Mobile, Compute, XR, IoT, and Automotive Collaborate closely with Architecture, Hardware Design, and cross-functional teams Perform pre-silicon validation on emulation platforms for upcoming chipsets Contribute to system power, performance, and timeline optimizations Works independently with minimal supervision. Provides supervision/guidance to other team members. Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success. Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively. 9-12 years of experience in embedded or system software development Strong in C programming, ARM assembly, and SW architecture/design Low Power mode architecture understanding and work experience in developing LPM enablement firmware Solid understanding of CPU architecture, caches/coherency/MMU, and power/thermal management Experience with RTOS or Linux, and low-level debugging tools (JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers) Bonus: Linux kernel driver development and upstreaming experience Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
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