Senior Firmware Engineer, OpenBMC
What You’ll Do
To accelerate datacenter deployment and management, CoreWeave is expanding its firmware engineering team to focus on developing and maintaining OpenBMC-based firmware for our next-generation Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs).
As a Senior Firmware Engineer, you’ll design, implement, and maintain embedded firmware features that enable secure, scalable, and reliable control across CoreWeave’s high-performance compute infrastructure.
You’ll work independently on complex components, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, and help set best practices for firmware quality and performance.
Key Responsibilities
Design & Implement: Develop and enhance OpenBMC firmware in C++ for CoreWeave’s custom server platforms, contributing to key subsystems such as sensor management, power and thermal control, networking, and system monitoring.
Integrate & Debug: Collaborate with hardware design, platform software, and reliability teams to integrate firmware with new hardware and validate performance across diverse environments.
Optimize: BMC Performance and Harden Security
Root Cause Analysis: Perform deep system-level debugging using tools such as GDB, JTAG, or logic analyzers to resolve cross-layer issues between hardware, firmware, and OS.
Automate & Validate: Contribute to continuous integration and automated testing frameworks for OpenBMC build and validation.
Document & Share: Maintain clear technical documentation and participate in design reviews to ensure consistency and maintainability across the firmware codebase.
Collaborate Broadly: Partner with other ICs and technical leads across CoreWeave’s infrastructure engineering, hardware design, and operations teams to align firmware capabilities with platform and datacenter goals.
Who You Are
Minimum Qualifications: Experience: 4+ of professional experience in firmware or embedded systems development, including direct work with Linux-based OpenBMC firmware.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems. Hands-on experience with OpenBMC, Yocto Project, and embedded Linux environments. Familiarity with hardware interfaces and protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, IPMI, DMTF Redfish). Experience with hardware bring-up, board-level debugging, and sensor integration. Comfort with Linux kernel configuration, device trees, and BSP-level integration. Working knowledge of source code control system such as Git. Comfort with debugging tools such as GDB JTAG and debugging over serial or remote consoles. Basic scripting skills in Python or Bash for build automation and validation. Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking; able to break down complex system-level issues. Communicates effectively with peers across hardware, firmware, and operations teams. Self-driven with a focus on delivering high-quality, maintainable code. Thrives in a fast-paced environment and balances multiple priorities effectively.
Preferred Qualification: Experience developing CI/CD pipeline for firmware builds and regression testing. Exposure to large-scale datacenter or HPC environments. Contributions to open-source firmware projects or upstream Linux development.
Pay
The base salary range for this role is $153,000 to $242,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
Company-paid Life Insurance
Voluntary supplemental life insurance
Short and long-term disability insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Health Savings Account
Tuition Reimbursement
Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
Paid Parental Leave
Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
401(k) with a generous employer match
Flexible PTO
Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
A casual work environment
A work culture focused on innovative disruption
Equal Opportunity & Accommodations
CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
Export Control Compliance
This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency.