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# (Senior) Embedded Software Engineer at Alif Semiconductor

- **Company:** Alif Semiconductor
- **Location:** Oulu, Finland
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/alifsemi/66d3e558-d12a-4966-a4eb-04ee55945c85

## Job description

Alif established its first European R&D site to Oulu to be a significant center of expertise and employ teams of Software and Digital IC Design experts, to complement the staff in the US and India. We are headquartered in the US, and our office in the Oulu Technology Park employs about 35 employees.

Our local team consists of very experienced experts as well as younger talents ready to take on new challenges in their careers. Our days here often consist of solving very high-level technical challenges and creating new technology, and we can offer you growth opportunities that are unique and rewarding. We have an open, supportive, and relaxed culture. We enjoy coming to the office and collaborating with one another.

As our Finnish site grows, we are looking for a (Senior) Embedded Software Engineer to our Wireless Connectivity Team, working on 15.4, Mesh and BLE development.

Specializing as a wireless engineer, you will work at a variety of levels: All the way from configuring RF to building Zephyr OS applications. The role centers on integrating and maintaining the ROM code split between 2 cores separating controller and host stack for BLE, and 802.15.4 controller and application. You will optimize the low-power scenarios to ensure very long lifetime of embedded devices by reducing battery consumption.

If you are an embedded developer at heart - comfortable with communication protocols and at home where hardware and software meet - this is the role for you to grow into

This is a permanent, full-time position for an engineer capable of independent planning, organizing, and executing their own work. The role does not require prior experience in a lead or managerial position but does require a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

The role will be built around the experience you have, but here’s some requirements that we feel may be beneficial for you to have:

- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Skilled in Embedded Software
- Experience in Low-level Embedded Software
- Proficiency in C
- Proficiency in Arm/Risc-V; familiarity with Verilog/SystemVerilog is a strong plus
- Experience with low-power design techniques
- Experience with wireless protocols and techniques

It would be great to have a teammate with good communication and problem-solving skills and the desire to seek diverse challenges to help you grow

We can promise you awesome challenges and great opportunities to grow, but we will also make sure you are compensated fairly and according to your seniority and our role expectations

The position is located in Oulu, Finland.

Alif Semiconductor provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

## About Alif Semiconductor

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Alif Semiconductor is revolutionizing the way developers create products using secure, AI/ML-enabled 32-bit microcontrollers that combine scalability, high compute performance, and exceptional power efficiency.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital-Backed)
- **Headquarters**: Pleasanton, California, USA (with additional offices in Irvine, CA; Bangalore, India; Oulu, Finland; and Singapore)
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Syed Ali (CEO & Co-Founder), Reza Kazerounian (President & Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Semiconductor Manufacturing, Embedded Systems, Edge AI/ML
- **Target customers**: B2B; developers and OEMs in consumer, industrial, and enterprise IoT applications
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To provide highly integrated processors that enable applications requiring scalable processing (Single to Multi-Core, RTOS and Linux), long battery life, strong security, high integration, and Edge AI/ML [alifsemi.com](https://alifsemi.com/careers/)

## Products & Services
- **Ensemble and Balletto MCU Families**: A new class of "fusion processors" that unify compute, connectivity, and intelligent processing in a single architecture. These 32-bit microcontrollers feature:
  - **aiPM Technology**: A proprietary power architecture that autonomously powers on only what is needed, enabling "unrivaled battery life."
  - **HW Accelerated AI**: One or more dedicated Ethos-U55/U85 Neural Processing Units, delivering at least 40x faster AI performance than conventional MCUs (up to 250 GigaOPS).
  - **Scalable Performance**: Seamless scaling from single-core to multi-core, with up to 3670 DMIPS combined compute performance and up to 19 MB+ integrated memory.
  - **Multilayered Security**: A strong Root of Trust, isolated secure subsystem, identity protection, cryptographic services, and fine-grained run-time security.
- **Type**: Hardware (Semiconductors/Microcontrollers) with integrated software ecosystem.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: **Total Funding**: USD $235.4M across three rounds [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/alif-semiconductor)
  - Series B (2022-03-16): $113.4M
  - Venture Round (2019-02-28): $72.0M
  - Series B (2019-12-01): $50.0M
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Includes Mamoon Hamid (Board Director); backed by top-tier venture capital. Key talent sourced from Renesas, Nordic Semiconductor, Marvell, and Qualcomm.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - **Headcount**: 113 employees (+8.1% YoY) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/alif-semiconductor)
  - **Active Hiring**: 10 open positions; job postings up 25% monthly and quarterly
  - **LinkedIn Followers**: 16,991 (+26.6% yearly growth)
  - **Global Presence**: Offices in 4 countries (USA, India, Finland, Singapore) with employees in 5 countries

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-Mover in AI-Enabled MCUs**: Alif created a new category of fusion processors that natively integrate AI/ML acceleration, security, and power management on a single die—a clear differentiator from legacy MCU vendors.
- **Unrivaled Power Efficiency**: The aiPM architecture allows for battery life previously unheard of in connected devices, a critical moat for IoT and edge applications.
- **Scalable Single-Chip Design**: Developers can reuse the same software across a wide spectrum of products, from simple sensors to complex edge devices, reducing time-to-market.
- **Strong Security Foundation**: A multi-layered, hardware-backed security approach is fundamental to the design, addressing a key pain point for connected devices.
- **Top-Tier Team**: The executive team and engineering staff are veterans of the semiconductor industry, with deep domain expertise in MCUs [alifsemi.com](https://alifsemi.com/about/).

## Strategic Focus
- **Growth & Scale**: Aggressively hiring to expand engineering, sales, and field application teams globally.
- **Product Expansion**: Continuing to develop and launch new families of AI-enabled MCUs to capture the growing edge AI and IoT markets.
- **Market Penetration**: Targeting consumer, industrial, and enterprise applications where low power, high performance, and security are paramount.
- **Ecosystem Development**: Building a robust software and partner ecosystem to support developers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: A diverse, global workforce representing over 40 nationalities. The company puts "learning and growth first," offering hands-on complex projects and daily challenges. They seek "doers who want to make a big impact" [alifsemi.com](https://alifsemi.com/careers/).
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid/office presence across multiple global hubs (Pleasanton, CA; Irvine, CA; Bangalore, India; Oulu, Finland; Singapore).
- **Benefits**:
  - Competitive salary and equity
  - 401K (US) or equivalent retirement plans (Global)
  - Paid Time Off and Holidays
  - Health Insurance and Sick Leave
  - Maternity & Paternity Leave
- **Engineering Culture**: A heavy emphasis on technical excellence—47% of the workforce is in technical roles. Engineers work on cutting-edge silicon, RTOS, and AI/ML at the edge.
- **Employer Rating**: 3.8/5.0 on LinkedIn (based on 26 reviews), with a high career development score of 3.9/5.0 [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/alif-semiconductor).

## Sources
1. [Alif Semiconductor Official Website](https://alifsemi.com/)
2. [Alif Semiconductor Careers Page](https://alifsemi.com/careers/)
3. [Alif Semiconductor About Page](https://alifsemi.com/about/)
4. [Alif Semiconductor Job Listings (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/alifsemi)
5. [Alif Semiconductor LinkedIn Page](https://linkedin.com/company/alif-semiconductor)

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