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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 for an Embedded Software (FW) Engineer Location: Reading (UK), Lausanne (CH) 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 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 • Understanding of SerDes technology and PHY register-level tuning 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