Lead Principal Firmware Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, develop prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86 and/or ARM platforms.
• Review BMC firmware to ensure it meets the needs of target platform (sensors, platform routing, security).
• Develop and enhance BMC firmware to add DC specific enhancements to standard firmware packages.
• Contribute and extend open-source platform management stacks such as OpenBMC.
• Integrate platform management interfaces such as Redfish, IPMI, PLDM.
• Collaborate with silicon vendors on reference code, firmware updates, and firmware enablement.
• Ensure firmware meets OCI’s requirements for security, DC deployability, availability.
• Ensure vendor firmware update mechanisms meet OCI requirements.
• Mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, and define standards for maintainable, supportable, production-grade firmware across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of firmware engineering experience, including senior/staff-level ownership of production systems.
• Knowledge of secure boot, TPM, measured boot and hardware root of trust.
• Strong communication skills, technical judgment, and ability to lead across teams without direct reporting authority.
• Knowledge of server firmware stacks such as EDKII, OpenBMC.
• Understanding of firmware standards such as UEFI, IPMI, Redfish.
• Understanding of server platform standards such as PLDM, ACPI, PCIe.
• Understanding of server power management, thermal management, telemetry.
• Experience working on vendor silicon platforms such as Intel, AMD, ARM, ASPEED.

Benefits

• Hiring range in USD from: $146,300 - $306,400 per year.
• May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
• Broad salary ranges for roles to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, AD&D, supplemental life insurance, health care and dependent care, flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter and parking benefits, 401(k) savings and investment plan with company match, paid time off, paid sick leave, adoption assistance, employee stock purchase plan, financial planning and group legal, and voluntary benefits.