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This role focuses on creating robust internal tools, workflows, and infrastructure that support firmware, driver, and system engineers across development, validation, factory, and production environments. You will work closely with embedded, firmware, silicon, systems, test, and manufacturing teams to understand workflows and pain points, then design tools that improve developer productivity, software quality, test coverage, and system reliability, from early bring-up through factory and field deployment.What You'll DoDesign, develop, and maintain embedded software development and test tools used across the organizationBuild tooling to support:Chip, SoC, and board bring-upFirmware and driver developmentCharacterization of RTOS- and Linux-based embedded systemsDevelop tools for flashing, provisioning, configuration, calibration, and recovery of embedded devicesCreate debugging, tracing, and diagnostics tools that interface with:JTAG/SWD and other hardware debug interfacesTarget-side firmware, bootloaders, kernels, and driversBuild automation for:Build, test, and deployment pipelinesHardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and system-level testingFactory and manufacturing test systemsDesign and maintain tooling for factory use cases, including:Board and system-level test automationProduction flashing and configurationValidation, calibration, and pass/fail reportingDevelop simulation, emulation, and test harnesses to enable faster iteration without physical hardwareIntegrate toolchains across heterogeneous targets (MCUs, CPUs, DSPs, NPUs, GPUs, custom ASICs)Improve observability of embedded systems through logging, metrics, tracing, and crash analysisEnsure tools are reliable, scalable, secure, and easy for engineers and factory operators to useCollaborate closely with firmware, driver, hardware, test, manufacturing, and systems teams to define requirements and interfacesSupport production, manufacturing, and field-debug workflows with robust tooling and root-cause analysisRequired QualificationsBachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field7+ years of experience developing software tools for embedded or 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