Senior Platform Engineer in Zürich

Zürich, SwitzerlandSeniority: 6+ years relevant industry experience Join Synthara’s software team and own the virtual platforms for ComputeRAM®. These platforms serve as reference systems for pre-silicon software prototyping and HW/SW co-verification. They must be accurate, usable, and continuously validated. You sit between hardware and software. Your job is to make both sides work together and expose issues early. What you’ll do Build and maintain full-system simulation platforms: ComputeRAM® + MCU cores + interconnect + DMA + peripherals, using SystemC, FPGA, VCS, Renode Work with Hardware to: Integrate RTL models into simulators and develop low-level firmware for hardware validation and stress testing Work with Software to: Provide stable development targets and enable bring-up, debugging, and performance evaluation Develop: Low-level drivers and system bring-up code and reference firmware for validation and demos Own verification infrastructure: Firmware-based test suites, cross-platform validation and CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing Proactively identify and resolve HW/SW integration issues Evaluate and introduce new tools and methodologies for platform development Tools & Technologies Programming and Modeling: SystemVerilog, C, C++, SystemC, Python FPGA prototyping: AMD/Xilinx platforms and Vivado RTL simulation: Synopsys VCS Virtual Platform & System simulation: Renode, Synopsys Platform Architect Development & Automation: Git, GitHub, CI/CD,GitHub Actions Outcomes (first 12–18 months) Usable, well-documented virtual platforms for software development Consistent execution of the same firmware across VCS, FPGA, and Renode Firmware-based verification covering key system behaviours CI infrastructure that flags HW/SW integration issues early Reduced time-to-bring-up for new platform configurations Reliable reference environment for internal teams and customers Profile Strong embedded systems background (C/C++, firmware, drivers) Experience with simulators, FPGA prototyping, and system bring-up Comfortable working across HW/SW boundaries Debugs at system level, not just component level Bias for ownership and problem resolution What success looks like Any change in hardware or software can be validated quickly on a full-system platform, and issues are caught already at simulation stage. #J-18808-Ljbffr