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Lead Engineer - SW Design
Silicon Labs
Hyderabad, IND
Full-time
Lead · 5–10 years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
Role Overview
About the Team
The Bluetooth R&D team at Silicon Labs develops and maintains embedded firmware for wireless products across Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
The team works on performance-critical, standards-compliant firmware enabling advanced use cases such as audio streaming, HFP calling, and LE Audio, in close collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams across multiple global locations.
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Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain real-time embedded firmware in C/C++ for resource-constrained systems.
- Own complex firmware features from design through implementation, debugging, and release.
- Develop timing-critical, performance-sensitive code with strong attention to memory, power, and CPU constraints.
- Debug complex system-level issues spanning firmware, hardware, and protocol interactions.
- Contribute to multi-protocol and wireless coexistence (CoEx) solutions.
- Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and product qualification activities.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including systems, PHY/RF, validation, and customer-facing engineering teams.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
Required Skills and Experience
- Strong, hands-on experience in embedded firmware development, with deep proficiency in C/C++.
- Solid understanding of real-time systems, interrupts, concurrency, and low-level hardware interactions.
- Proven experience building memory- and power-optimized embedded software.
- Strong debugging skills using hardware and software tools (JTAG, trace, logs, protocol analyzers, etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to independently drive technical solutions and make sound design decisions.
- Experience delivering embedded software products from concept through production.
- Preferred / Bonus Skills
- Experience with Bluetooth Classic and/or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
- Familiarity with Bluetooth audio use cases (e.g., audio streaming, HFP, LE Audio).
- Understanding of Bluetooth controller architectures and wireless protocol stacks.
- Experience with wireless coexistence (CoEx) and multi-protocol systems.
- Familiarity with modern development workflows, including automation, scripting, and CI practices.
- Exposure to or practical use of GenAI-assisted development tools (e.g., AI code assistants, analysis tools, productivity tools) as a productivity and quality enhancement.
- Education and Experience Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 5 to 10 years of industry experience in embedded firmware or systems-level software development.
- " Experience with artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools and technologies used to enhance productivity, analysis, and decision-making"
- Benefits & Perks: Not only will you be joining a highly skilled and tight-knit team where every engineer makes a significant impact on the product; we also strive for good work/life balance and to make our environment welcoming and fun.
- Equity Rewards (RSUs)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Insurance plans with Outpatient cover
- National Pension Scheme (NPS)
- Flexible work policy
- Childcare support
- Silicon Labs is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and job-related criteria without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 to 10 years of industry experience in embedded firmware or systems-level software development.
- Not only will you be joining a highly skilled and tight-knit team where every engineer makes a significant impact on the product; we also strive for good work/life balance and to make our environment welcoming and fun.
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred / Bonus Skills
About Silicon Labs
Semiconductors1930 employeesFounded 1996
Public U.S. semiconductor company designing wireless chips and software for device makers building IoT products.
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