Embedded Software Engineer
Canaan Inc.
- San Francisco, California, United States
- San Francisco, California, United States
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Location: US Hybrid · San Francisco Bay Area preferred
Responsibilities
Mining Machine Embedded System Architecture — Lead the overall software architecture for Canaan mining machine products on RISC-V based SoCs; design for multi-tasking, real-time performance, and high reliability under sustained hash rate loa
Board Bring-up & BSP — Drive BSP development and maintenance for Canaan RISC-V mining chips; port and optimize U-Boot and Linux kernel for mining form factors; own boot time, security, and reliabilit
Distributed Computing Communication — Design and maintain long-connection communication protocols with remote distributed computing centers; implement task dispatch, dynamic frequency tuning, throughput reporting, and heartbeat maintenance; optimize for high-concurrency, long-lived TCP connection
Intelligent Control & Core Features — Implement precise control algorithms, multi-level power regulation, and comprehensive safety protection logic; optimize mining efficiency under power, thermal, and noise constraint
Heterogeneous Computing Integration — Develop low-level drivers and task coordination for mining ASICs / co-processors integrated alongside RISC-V cores; implement IPC between main processor and dedicated compute unit
System Optimization & Debugging — Performance analysis and bottleneck optimization (hash rate, power efficiency, thermal management); low-level issue troubleshooting (boot, memory, peripherals); chip validation and mass production yield improvemen
System Security & Performance — Implement secure boot, device identity authentication, and communication encryption for mining fleet management; continuously optimize power consumption and memory footprin
Smart Home Compute Offloading — Where applicable, enable mining machines to serve as distributed compute nodes supporting smart home device workloads; architect efficient task offloading and result return mechanism
Open Source Contribution — Drive and maintain open-source projects on GitHub; contribute upstream patches to Linux kernel, U-Boot, and related open-source project
Engineering Collaboration — Define software architecture and technical roadmap; mentor junior engineers; work closely with hardware (RF, power, thermal), cloud infrastructure, and product teams; lead technical design review
Requirements
Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Electronics, Automation, or related fiel
3+ years of embedded development experienc
At least one complete product cycle from concept to mass productio
Deep familiarity with RISC-V or ARM Cortex series developmen
Expert-level proficiency in Linux kernel principles and driver developmen
Proven track record with U-Boot porting and debuggin
Active GitHub profile with proven open-source contribution histor
Hands-on experience with: UART, SPI, I2C · NAND/NOR Flash · Ethernet (MAC/PHY) · WiFi/BLE module
Strong understanding of TCP/IP, MQTT, HTTP protocol stacks; experienced with long-connection, high-concurrency network communicatio
Experience building up CD/CI pipelin
Experience with open source projec
Nice to Have
Experience in Bitcoin miner or high-performance computing chip developmen
Experience with distributed computing task scheduling or remote compute offloadin
Knowledge of heterogeneous computing (MCU/DSP/ASIC/FPGA co-development
Experience with RTOS (FreeRTOS / RT-Thread
Knowledge of Yocto / OpenEmbedded build syste
Patches or drivers merged into mainline Linux kernel, U-Boot, or other well-known open-source project
Technical Stack Hardware | RISC-V / ARM Cortex-A / M
OS | Linux (Kernel 4.14+) / FreeRTOS / RT-Thread
Bootloader | U-Boot
Languages | C / C++ / Python / Shell
Toolchain | GCC (riscv64-unknown-elf)
Debug | GDB / J-Link / OpenOCD
Network | TCP/IP, MQTT, HTTPs, long-connection protocols
What We Off
Competitive salary and equity compensati
Opportunity to work on world-leading Bitcoin mining hardware powered by Canaan RISC-V chi
Open and collaborative technical team culture with mentorship opportuniti
Flexible working hours and remote work optio
Conference attendance and training suppo
GitHub-backed development workflow with emphasis on open-source collaborati
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Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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