Hi all. Next week I will have the technical interview for a Firmware role on the HID team. Any advices/hints to prepare? What kind of questions are they asking for this types of roles? TC:75 YEO: 5 #software #Apple #interview #embedded
Getting to know myself more, I realized I want to become a firmware engineer. Im a recent graduate. Any advice? What subjects should I absolutely master to transition?
Looking for referrals to firmware/embedded companies like AMD, Marvell, Intel, ARM, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Applied Materials etc. About me: - 2 yoe - experience at multiple faangs - 400 LC done Thanks! #amd #marvell #intel #arm #qualcomm #broadcom #appliedmaterials
Exp:0 Location: Cupertino Please let me know the base/rsu/bonus for the starting level firmware engineer.
Hello, I am a recent New Grad and have been practicing leetcode for a good while now, mostly in C/C++. Was wondering if Google offers new grad positions for Embedded roles? I've only been seeing new grad roles for SWE so far. The only new grad role for Embedded I see is recent PhD graduate. #softw...Read more
Hello All, I saw many posts that Facebook is hiring firmware/embedded engineers. Looking for referrals if possible. Thank you very much. #facebook #embedded #hiring #referrals
I don't see a lot of data for embedded/firmware folks. Trying to guage where my TC stands. Base Bonus RSU per year TC YoE Location
Hello, Have an initial phone call setup with display group for FW engineer position at Apple. The interview is with 2 hiring managers which sounds little off to me. Has anybody in the same situation before or given any interviews for the firmware role at Apple in general or for the display engineeri...Read more
Currently having ~6 years of experiance and working with Qualcomm Automotive Team as a Sr Software Engineer - current CTC: ~55-60LPA Base 24.2L RSUs: ~30L/year Bonus ~2L/year Offer from Broadcomm for a Sr Firmware engineer role - ICB3 - Bangalore location: Offered CTC: ~84L Base: 31.05L RSUs: ~47L/...Read more
what is the interview process for Embedded SW Engineer or Firmware engineer in Tesla like ? Going to have a call next week! will there be a coding challenge ? And are the coding questins from leetcode ? what should i prepare? Any firmware based coding or general algo ? yoe: 2 #engineering #soft...Read more
Thoughts on this offer? Firmware Engineer (L4/SDE1) Location: Sunnyvale, CA Base: 142k Sign-on: 53.5k / 42k Relocation: 7k RSU: 52 shares over 4 years TC: ~205k / yr YOE: 2 years industry + 2 years (university RA and internship). All relevant! I interviewed for L5 but was offered L4. The recruit...Read more
Hello people, I have an on-site interview for a Firmware engineer position at Apple in a couple of weeks. I have been working a lot of programming problems on Arrays, Strings, Hashmaps, LinkedLists and Bit Manipulations. Revisiting OS concepts - Mutexes, Semaphores, Interrupts, Thread sync and etc....Read more
A recruiter pinged me for an opening in Meta ar/vr for firmware. Isn’t meta on hiring freeze? They said it is senior/principle. Wtf is principle level there?
What would the interview loop look like for a high-level IC? I'm guessing it's not just standard leetcode + system design + leadership. Asking for an acquaintance (~20 YoE, last 4 as M2, all in the embedded/firmware space). He wants to transition back to doing more hands-on stuff. I'm guessing t...Read more
I have my Firmware Engineer interview loop and I am really freaking out as I haven't really interviewed in the past 4 years. Any pointers on where to start revising, start practicing coding, concepts, designs etc. I would really appreciated it. If you are saying just do LC, please also describe wha...Read more
Hi All, I have an interview coming up with Apple for a Firmware Engineer role and looking for some guidance on how to prep for the interview. It’s going to be a technical screening followed by onsite. I would like to understand what kind of questions to expect so I can prepare accordingly. I real...Read more
Can anyone who went through Apple firmware interviews pls share how it is? Like LeetCode type of coding rounds? If so, how many?#interview
George Hotz decided to dump AMD for NVDA and Intel, citing firmware/driver issues. Those have long been the weak point of AMD GPU compared to NVDA's, standing in the way of adoption. Why does it seem to receive very little attention, still? Do they even acknowledge the problem? Are there no SW talen...Read more
Last fall I interviewed onsite at Microsoft for a SWE internship. Long story short I didn’t get it. I’m trying again this fall for hardware engineering since I have much more experience with embedded systems. After searching google for interview questions I couldn’t really find anything. Does anyo...Read more