Lead Principal Firmware Engineer

Position Overview

Seeking a senior staff‑level engineer with expertise in datacenter platform firmware. This role requires working across product, infrastructure, security and platform teams both within and external to the company in a highly matrixed environment. You will be deeply hands‑on and own developing prototype firmware in the early stages of the product.

• Design, develop prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86 and/or ARM platforms.
• Review BMC firmware to ensure it matches the needs of the target platform (sensors, platform routing, security…).
• Comprehend interaction of all firmware in the DC rack.
• Develop and enhance BMC firmware to add DC specific enhancements to the standard firmware package.
• 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.

• 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.
• Hands‑on firmware engineering skills in BIOS, BMC firmware or other platform firmware in server‑specific areas.
• 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.
• Exposure to NIC firmware, GPU firmware and storage firmware.
• Experience working on vendor silicon platforms of one or more vendors (Intel, AMD, ARM, ASPEED).

US:
Hiring Range in USD from: $146,300 – $306,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
• Short‑term disability and long‑term disability.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child).
• 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:
  Flexible Vacation for salaried positions and accrual rates for hourly employees.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave on date of hire, refreshes each calendar year, up to 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal.
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance.

Career Level - IC5

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