Embedded Software Engineer

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 an Embedded Software Engineer based in Hyderabad:

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

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

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