Driver and Peripheral Bring-up

We are looking for 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝘂𝗽 experts. You'll build driver bring-up and SDK migration tasks around a microcontroller or SoC peripheral you have brought up, so a leading AI company can measure how well models handle real embedded engineering problems.

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:

• Location: Remote – Romania
• Working model: Remote
• Start date: ASAP
• Employment type: Freelance – hourly rate: $70–$90 (paid per accepted task)

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:

• Build a benchmark environment around a microcontroller or SoC peripheral you have brought up – CAN controller, ADC, SPI or I2C device, timer or DMA
• Include the reference manual chapters and errata sheet, the device datasheet, the vendor SDK at two release versions, the driver code, and a QEMU board model or recorded register access logs
• Set up the tools the work needs – cross-compiler, QEMU, git, Python, PDF tools
• Write five or more tasks, each built on a bring-up or SDK migration problem (e.g. ADC readings that drift after moving to the next SDK release, SPI flash writes that corrupt one page in a thousand because of an errata item, a CAN controller that drops frames after waking from low-power mode)
• Frame each task so the model must write or fix the driver and produce answer.json with the register values and the order they are set in
• Write a hidden marking script that builds the code, runs it on QEMU, compares the register write sequence with your reference trace and checks the delays between writes, scoring 0.0 to 1.0
• Design tasks that turn on an errata entry or a change between the two SDK versions
• Supply your own answer (scoring 1.0) and a naive answer a competent engineer might give first (scoring below 0.3)

𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

• Hands-on experience bringing up microcontroller or SoC peripherals – CAN, ADC, SPI, I2C, timers or DMA
• Strong low-level driver development skills, including register-level configuration and initialisation sequences
• Able to work from reference manuals, errata sheets and device datasheets
• Experience migrating drivers between vendor SDK releases
• Comfortable with cross-compilers, QEMU and git
• Python skills to write automated marking scripts

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀:

• Press "Apply"
• We will review your application
• If qualified, you will be accepted into the network and can be considered for this and similar positions & projects

We can only accept candidates that are willing to work as individual contractors / freelancers.