Principal BMC Firmware Developer

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of OpenBMC firmware for hyperscale server platforms.
• Enable hardware integration including power management, sensors, FRU inventory, and device management.
• Develop scalable manageability interfaces using D-Bus, Redfish, PLDM, and MCTP protocols.
• Arcitect firmware security capabilities including Root of Trust, secure boot chains, and measured boot.
• Design firmware lifecycle management frameworks including multi-component firmware updates with rollback protection.
• Develop telemetry and observability pipelines for fleet-scale monitoring and diagnostics.
• Collaborate with silicon vendors and ODM partners from architecture through manufacturing ramp.
• Contribute to OpenBMC upstream projects and relevant industry standards.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in Yocto builds, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
• Lead system-level debugging across hardware and firmware in lab and production environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience developing BMC firmware for server or data center platforms.
• Strong expertise with OpenBMC including D-Bus services, Yocto/BitBake, and platform integration.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ and scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
• Experience with platform management protocols including Redfish, PLDM, SPDM, MCTP, and IPMI.
• Strong understanding of server hardware architecture including power delivery, thermals, sensors, and FRUs.
• Experience with hardware interfaces such as I²C, I3C, SPI, and PCIe.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines for firmware development and validation.
• Strong debugging skills using tools such as JTAG, GDB, and logic analyzers.