Firmware Engineer Lead

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 a Firmware Engineer Lead, based in Pune.

Required Experience:

• Experience developing embedded firmware for PCIe products.
• High level of proficiency in C (preferred) or C++, including development of C-based SDKs.
• High level of proficiency in Python for automating pre-processors/post-processors.
• Working knowledge of software/firmware build environments, gcc/Make, Doxygen, and GitHub.
• Hands-on experience with Server, Storage, and/or Networking equipment (e.g. Network Switches).
• Familiarity with SoC interfaces to common IP blocks such as PCIe Controllers, NVME Controllers, AMBA/AHB interfaces, on-chip memory interfaces, and other similar interfaces
• Direct experience working on products with high-speed interfaces common in Data Center equipment: PCI- Express (Gen-3 and above), 100/400G Ethernet, Infiniband, NVMe, etc
  

Preferred Experience:

• Experience developing firmware to execute in on-chip microcontrollers as well as C-language SDKs to execute on system management controllers (e.g. BMC)
• Experience with industry forums and collaboration workgroups such as OCP and OpenBMC
• Experience with storage or SSD firmware, including NVMe, PCIe, CXL or flash management concepts.
• Hands-on experience with simulation or virtual platform–based development (e.g., VDK, QEMU, or similar)

Qualifications:

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. At a minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE or Computer Science is required, and a Master’s is preferred.
• Minimum 12+ years’ (Lead/Architect) experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications
• Experience developing firmware to execute in on-chip microcontrollers as well as C-language software development kits (SDKs) to execute on system management controllers (e.g. BMC).
• Experience working with logic designers to architect and verify HW-SW interfaces on complex SoCs.

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!

https://www.kandou.ai/