Architect/Staff Embedded Software Engineer

About the role

As an Architect or Staff Embedded Software Engineer, you will serve as the primary technical authority for hardware-software integration across the DX-1 accelerator platform. You will partner with leadership to define technical direction, establish architectural standards, and make critical decisions regarding the hardware-software boundary from pre-silicon through to sustainment. This role requires deep expertise in full-stack embedded systems and the ability to influence cross-functional teams to ensure system scalability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction for your team and take ownership of architectural decisions.
• Translate priorities into concrete execution plans in collaboration with the Engineering Manager.
• Define and enforce technical principles, interface contracts, and standards for firmware and hardware integration.
• Make critical technical decisions regarding BSP, firmware architecture, ASIC validation, and BMC platform design.
• Drive team alignment through clear, well-reasoned technical decision-making and collaboration with adjacent teams.
• Lead the full lifecycle of your domain from emulation and bring-up through to production reliability and field issue resolution.
• Support the growth of other engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and mentorship.

Required skills

• Embedded Linux
• BSP
• Yocto
• OpenEmbedded
• U-Boot
• UEFI
• Device driver development
• ASIC bring-up
• BMC
• OpenBMC
• IPMI
• Redfish
• MCTP
• PLDM

Nice to have

• IEEE 1588
• PTP
• SyncE
• White Rabbit Protocol

Benefits

• Stock options
• Living-Local Bonus
• Employer-contributed retirement plans

About the Company

OLIX is building the Decode Accelerator 1 (DX-1), the first accelerator architected specifically for decode. The company focuses on rack-scale co-design of logic, data movement, packaging, optics, and interconnect to improve system-level performance.