Lead Engineer - SW Design

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Lead Engineer - SW Design in Others

Silicon Labs
Full time
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09/25/2026
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Hyderābād, India

Responsibilities

Design, implement, maintain, debug, and release real-time embedded firmware in C/C++ for resource-constrained wireless systems.
Own complex firmware features from design through implementation, debugging, and production release.
Develop timing-critical, performance-sensitive code optimized for memory, power, and CPU constraints.
Debug system-level issues spanning firmware, hardware, and protocol interactions.
Contribute to Bluetooth coexistence and multi-protocol solutions.
Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and product qualification activities.
Collaborate with systems, PHY/RF, validation, and customer-facing engineering teams.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Requirements

Strong hands-on embedded firmware development experience with deep proficiency in C/C++.
Strong understanding of real-time systems, interrupts, concurrency, and low-level hardware interactions.
Experience building memory- and power-optimized embedded software.
Strong debugging skills with hardware and software tools such as JTAG, trace tools, logs, and protocol analyzers.
Ability to independently drive technical solutions and make sound design decisions.
Experience delivering embedded software products from concept through production.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Five to ten years of industry experience in embedded firmware or systems-level software development.
Preferred qualifications include Bluetooth Classic or Bluetooth Low Energy experience, Bluetooth audio use cases, controller architectures, wireless protocol stacks, wireless coexistence, multi-protocol systems, automation, scripting, CI practices, and GenAI-assisted development tools.

Benefits

Equity rewards in the form of RSUs.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Insurance plans with outpatient coverage.
National Pension Scheme (NPS).
Flexible work policy.
Childcare support.
Work/life balance in a collaborative and welcoming team environment.

Silicon Labs

Silicon Labs designs and sells low-power wireless SoCs, MCUs, modules, and software stacks for IoT device makers in smart home, industrial, and commercial markets. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a public company on NASDAQ (SLAB) and provides SDKs and development tools s...

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