Principal Firmware Engineer

Your Job

Molex is seeking a highly visible leadership role for an experienced Firmware Engineer. In this role, you will be integral to developing cutting-edge 224 Gbps active cable solutions, leveraging innovative transceiver chips and highly optimized high-speed circuitry. Active Electrical Cables (AEC) play a crucial role in the data communication industry by offering cost-effective, flexible, and low-power solutions. Your responsibilities will include architecting, evaluating, validating, and designing real-time firmware. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with our Hyperscale customers and marketing teams to understand their application needs and translate those requirements into top-tier, innovative, and high-quality solutions.

Our Team

Molex is looking for a Lead Firmware Engineer to support and develop Active cable designs for Hyperscalers. Our business is witnessing tremendous growth owing to the increasing need for cloud services and higher data transfer rates. You will be working under leadership that has been setting and driving industry standards in data centers for more than 30 years.

This position is eligible for hybrid or remote work for the right candidate with travel to our global HQ in Lisle.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelors in Electronics or Computer Science

• Strong experience in C and C++

• Developing firmware for ARM Cortex M-Processors

• Strong work experience of serial protocols like I2C, SPI, MDIO, UART etc.

• Experience with optical pluggable modules like SFP or QSFP and CMIS

• Ability to work in a cross functional team

• Experience in integration & debug in complex systems

• Experience in developing Python scripts to support firmware loading and validation

• Experience in interfacing chips with APIs and implementing chip APIs in microcontrollers

• Experience in firmware version control using GitLab

What Will Put You Ahead

• Master's Degree or Doctorate in Electronics or Computer Science

• Experience with STM32 microcontroller

• Experience with hardware development and signal integrity

• Knowledge and experience of RTOS development

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

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