Firmware Engineer Bare Metal
Kandou AI
Firmware Engineer Bare Metal
Kandou AI
Provides chip-to-chip AI connectivity solutions
At Kandou, we are redefining the economics of AI infrastructure. Our mission is to democratise AI by significantly reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of hardware systems — a critical barrier to scalable adoption.
Our proprietary MIMO-over-copper technology powers a high-performance, chiplet-based AI memory fabric that is both scalable and energy-efficient. Unlike traditional interconnects, our solution reduces power consumption significantly while preserving high bandwidth and ultra-low latency — unlocking unprecedented efficiency for AI training and inference at scale.
Kandou’s architecture is not just an incremental improvement — it’s a foundational shift in how AI hardware is built for the future.
We are actively seeking a Firmware Engineer Bare Metal, based in Hyderabad, Pune OR Bangalore
Responsibilities:
Work to develop, test and maintain embedded firmware for silicon products.
Ensuring the robustness of code by implementing and running a software test suite
Migration, consolidation and development of existing silicon debug software
Software design and support for our silicon design infrastructure
Essential Experience:
Strong experience in designing, coding and debugging real-time applications in C and/or C++ in a embedded environment
Experience in using or implementing Real-Time scheduler or RTOS
Knowledge of 32-bit processor architecture
Interfacing to hardware and peripherals: SPI, I2C/SMBus, JTAG
Debugging at application and hardware level
Appreciation of Software validation and verification techniques
Ability to develop under different platforms (Linux, Windows)
Use of modern SW development workflows (CI/gitlab/makefile/CMake etc.)
Independent, self starter who can help drive the firmware development forward.
Useful Experience:
Development in a modern high-level scripting language (e.g. Python, Lua).
Experience interfacing to flash memory, including in-field update techniques
Appreciation of Cryptographic algorithms and disciplines
Knowledge of SerDes technology
Hardware interfacing and electronics knowledge
Network programming experience
Experience:
Experience working in a team
Experience in embedded C/C++
Experience coding a low-level microprocessor or microcontroller
Experience optimizing low level code to meet real-time performance targets
Experience programming in interpreted object-oriented high-level languages (e.g. Python)
Experience working and programming on multiple platforms (e.g. Unix, Linux, Window and OSX)
If this is the role you have been looking for and you want to be part of a growing Company, with an exciting future then we would really love to hear from you. Together We Kandou It!
Kandou AI designs and sells semiconductor connectivity hardware for AI workloads. It provides a memory fabric and CXL controllers that link processors to memory, enabling scalable, energy-efficient AI inference and training clusters built from affordable hardware. Using Copper MIMO interconnect, it reduces energy per bit and supports features like offloading AI training collectives, switchless memory for in-memory databases, and field-repairable co-packaged optics for better cooling. By targeting the data-movement bottleneck between processors and memory and offering chiplet-based fabrics and IP licensing, Kandou AI aims to make scalable AI infrastructure more accessible to hyperscalers, data centers, and system integrators.
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