Prototyping Design Software Engineer

About the role

Specs Inc., a Snap Inc. subsidiary focused on advanced AR eyewear, is seeking a Prototyping Design Engineer to accelerate early platform bring‑up. You will translate complex SoC RTL into FPGA, HAPS, and ZeBu prototypes, enabling firmware development and hardware validation.

Key responsibilities

• Port SoC and subsystem RTL onto FPGA, HAPS, and ZeBu platforms while preserving ASIC‑level behavior.
• Build and maintain pre‑silicon platforms for bootloader/FSBL bring‑up and early firmware development.
• Adapt RTL wrappers and platform‑specific logic for HAPS/ZeBu interface PHY changes.
• Develop and integrate low‑level embedded software, including board support packages, device drivers, and diagnostics.
• Debug complex hardware/software bring‑up issues across all prototyping targets.
• Design and execute pre‑tapeout SoC validation tests using firmware, bare‑metal, and RTOS‑based applications.
• Collaborate with RTL, verification, system software, and infrastructure teams.

Required profile

• Strong experience in SoC prototyping and hardware bring‑up.
• Hands‑on expertise with FPGA, HAPS, and ZeBu platforms.
• Solid understanding of boot processes, FSBL, and embedded software development.
• Ability to work across hardware integration, low‑level software debug, and RTOS/bare‑metal environments.

Required skills

• SoC RTL prototyping
• FPGA, HAPS, ZeBu platforms
• Bootloader/FSBL development
• Embedded software (board support code, device drivers)
• RTOS and bare‑metal programming
• Hardware interfaces: eMMC, LPDDR, PCIe, MIPI CSI‑2, MIPI DSI, UART, QSPI Flash, SPI, I2C, I3C, GPIO, JTAG
• Debug tools: JTAG/SWD, waveform analysis, timing‑report review
• Memory‑model integration, reset and clock sequencing, controller/PHY interaction