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Staff Engineer, Platform Firmware

Ayar Labs • San Jose, CA, US • published 2026-10-19 12:32:43.937866

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**Staff Engineer, Platform Firmware Engineer** Location: San Jose, CA (On\-site) Ayar Labs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co\-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models. Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD and Intel and manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs’ co\-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next\-generation AI scale\-up architectures. We are seeking a Sr. Staff Platform Firmware Engineer to own the board\-level and platform\-emulation firmware used to enable, validate, and demonstrate Ayar Labs’ electro\-photonic products. This role focuses on firmware running on STM32\-based boards that emulate customer platforms, control external hardware, and validate embedded firmware running inside Ayar Labs’ and customers’ SoCs. This is a highly system\-oriented, hands\-on role operating at the intersection of hardware, firmware, and customer platforms, with deep influence on board design, validation strategy, and customer enablemen...

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