Principal Engineer -Software Design

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchips nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our we affectionately refer to it as the and its won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

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About the Position

• Design and build complete FPGA-based SoC applications using our C++ flow - writing HLS cores, integrating them into full systems (interconnect, IPs, firmware), and running them on real hardware.
• Use these apps to drive regression/validation testing (functional correctness, performance, QoR, timing).
• Act as an internal customer zero, feeding hands-on findings into feature prioritization and roadmap decisions alongside the compiler teams.

Responsibilities

• Firmware/embedded C++ development (drivers, RTOS/bare-metal, DMA/interrupts) high-level synthesis as a user (Vitis HLS, Catapult, SmartHLS, or similar - pragmas, pipelining, QoR analysis)
• FPGA/SoC system design (AXI, memory hierarchies, IP integration) strong general software engineering (C++) and a test/quality mindset for complex toolchains.
• communicate well, thrive with ambiguity, and are excited about the future of C++-based hardware/software co-design.
• Xilinx/ AMD Vitis flow experience, SDK and boot gen flows
• Expertise to build Embedded FPGA application and validate on Silicon
• Testing Linux and Standalone Device Drivers
• Overall 8+ years of experience in same domain.
  

Why Join Us!

• We are looking for like-minded people who can share our passion for success.
• Opportunity to work on next-generation FPGA products.
• Collaborate with a dynamic, highly skilled technical publications team.
• Take ownership of documentation for complex software and hardware workflows.
• Work in a fast-paced, agile environment solving challenging and interesting technical problems.

Requirements/Qualifications:

B.Tech/Masters - with Equivalent experience.