Senior Embedded Software Engineer

About the Role

Canaan Inc. is a leading RISC-V chip design company powering the world's most efficient Bitcoin mining machines. We're looking for a Senior Linux BSP Software Engineer --- Mining Machine Software to lead the embedded software stack for our mining products. This role sits at the intersection of low-level BSP and high-performance distributed computing --- you'll own the communication layer between mining machines and remote computing centers, optimize mining firmware performance, and drive integration with smart home device compute offloading where applicable.

Location: US Hybrid
· San Francisco Bay Area preferred

• 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 load.
• 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 reliability.
• 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 connections.
• 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 constraints.
• 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 units.
• 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 improvement.
• System Security & Performance: Implement secure boot, device identity authentication, and communication encryption for mining fleet management; continuously optimize power consumption and memory footprint.
• 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 mechanisms.
• Open Source Contribution: Drive and maintain open-source projects on Git Hub; contribute upstream patches to Linux kernel, U-Boot, and related open-source projects.
• 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 reviews.

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Electronics, Automation, or related field.
• 5 years of embedded development experience.
• At least one complete product cycle from concept to mass production.
• Deep familiarity with RISC-V or ARM Cortex series development.
• Expert-level proficiency in Linux kernel principles and driver development.
• Proven track record with U-Boot porting and debugging.
• Active Git Hub profile with proven open-source contribution history.
• Hands-on experience with: UART, SPI, I2C, NAND/NOR Flash, Ethernet (MAC/PHY), WiFi/BLE modules.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, MQTT, HTTP protocol stacks; experienced with long-connection, high-concurrency network communication.

• Experience in Bitcoin miner or high-performance computing chip development.
• Experience with distributed computing task scheduling or remote compute offloading.
• Knowledge of heterogeneous computing (MCU/DSP/ASIC/FPGA co-development).
• Experience with RTOS (FreeRTOS / RT-Thread).
• Familiar with Canaan RISC-V MCU development (K210, K230).
• Knowledge of Yocto / Open Embedded build system.
• Patches or drivers merged into mainline Linux kernel, U-Boot, or other well-known open-source projects.

• Competitive salary and equity compensation.
• Opportunity to work on world-leading Bitcoin mining hardware powered by Canaan RISC-V chips.
• Open and collaborative technical team culture with mentorship opportunities.
• Flexible working hours and remote work options.
• Conference attendance and training support.
• Git Hub-backed development workflow with emphasis on open-source collaboration.