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Ayar Labs · 7 hours ago

Sr. Engineer - Embedded Firmware

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$160K/yr - $192K/yr

2+ years exp

Ayar Labs is revolutionizing the world of optical interconnect technology with their cutting-edge electro-photonic chips. They are seeking a Sr. Engineer in Embedded Firmware to own the firmware development lifecycle, driving firmware design from inception to customer deployment and ensuring seamless hardware validation and integration.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerHardwareInformation TechnologySemiconductor

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with analog/mixed-signal, digital, and photonic block designers to develop sophisticated control algorithms for our photonic circuits and establish the micro-architecture and embedded requirements for our multi-chip package systems

Design, develop, and optimize firmware for controlling complex electronic-photonic chips featuring multiple high-speed SerDes

Mentor and guide junior engineers, contributing to their professional growth and development

Partner effectively with diverse teams, including hardware, software, validation and systems engineers, to achieve project goals

Qualification

Embedded firmware developmentC programmingHigh-speed SerDesMicrocontroller experienceFirmware debugging toolsVersion control (Git)Project management (JIRA)CI/CD toolsPython scriptingMake-based build flowsARM CPU optimization

Required

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field with 2+ years of experience

Proven expertise in bare-metal embedded firmware development, with strong programming skills in C

Hands-on, proactive approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment

Experience with various microcontrollers and firmware debugging tools

Proficiency with modern version control workflows (e.g., Git)

Familiarity with project management tools (JIRA), and CI/CD tools

Preferred

Experience in embedded firmware development for high-speed electronics and photonics applications

Silicon bring-up experience for high-speed SerDes and photonics applications

Experience in scripting with high level language like Python

Experience with Make-based build flows

Writing firmware optimized for ARM CPUs

Ability to own architecture and development of firmware modules from scratch

Company

Ayar Labs

Ayar Labs develops optical I/O solutions for large-scale AI workloads to accelerate data movement within AI systems.

Founded in 2015

San Jose, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://ayarlabs.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (14)

2024 (2)

2023 (7)

2022 (4)

2021 (4)

2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$374.65M

Key Investors

Capital TENBoardman Bay Capital ManagementLockheed Martin Ventures

2024-12-11Series D· $155M

2023-05-24Series C· $25M

2022-04-26Series C· $130M

Leadership Team

Mark Wade

President and CEO, Co-Founder

Alex Wright-Gladstein

Co-Founder and Advisor

Recent News

PR Newswire

Ayar Labs and yieldWerx Partner to Streamline Photonics Test Data Analytics, Delivering Measurable Results in Just 30 Days

2025-12-12

The Register

Copackaged optics have officially found their killer app - of course it's AI

2025-11-23

prnasia.com

Playground Global Showcases the Future of Compute in Taiwan

2025-11-19

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