Embedded Software Engineer

AtKandou, we are redefining the economics of AI infrastructure. Our mission is todemocratise AI by significantly reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)of hardware systems — a critical barrier to scalable adoption.

Our proprietaryMIMO-over-copper technologypowers ahigh-performance, chiplet-based AI memory fabricthat is bothscalable and energy-efficient. Unlike traditional interconnects, our solutionreduces power consumption significantlywhile preservinghigh 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 afoundational shiftin how AI hardware is built for the future.

We are actively seeking an Embedded Software Engineer based in Hyderabad:

Experience

• 7+ years' experience in designing, coding and debugging real-time applications in C and/or C++ in an embedded environment
• Experience in porting and use of RTOS: Zephyr(preferred), FreeRTOS etc.
• Knowledge of RISC-V CPU architecture; experience writing bare-metal or RTOS-based firmware targeting RISC-V cores (RV32/RV64)
• Board and SoC bring-up with JTAG and other debug mechanisms
• FW Update, bootloaders, secure boot
• Debugging at application, driver and hardware levels
• Interfacing to hardware and peripherals: UART, SPI, I2C/SMBus, I3C
• Commitment to use of modern SW development and test workflow tools (CI / GitLab / Makefile / CMake / TDD etc.)
• Knowledge of management and sideband protocols including SMBus, I3C, MCTP, CMIS

Skills

• Working with Heterogeneous multicore systems, including both scalar and vector processors

• Real-world experience of high-speed signalling technologies: PCIe, CXL — particularly link training, equalization and retimer/redriver interaction with host and device PHYs

• Firmware development for Active Electrical Cable (AEC) or retimer/redriver ASICs: cable diagnostics, eye margin monitoring, temperature/voltage telemetry and power-state management

• Memory and network interfacing, virtual memory, simulation and co-simulation

• Firmware Update approaches and algorithms

• Use of simulation and/or FPGAs for pre-silicon development

Responsibility

• Develop, test and maintain Embedded Software for Kandou AI’s new ASIC products

• Real-time Firmware design on high-speed heterogeneous SoC platform

• Work with Architects and Lead engineers to design and implement according to system and module specifications

• Software design and support for our silicon design infrastructure and workflow

• Participate in and promote current best practices in test, review, integration, automation and delivery of quality software products

Visit: www.kandou.ai/careers