Principal Firmware Engineer

Viking Enterprise Solutions has a rich history of leadership in providing storage and storage server platforms to hyper‑scale and enterprise data centers worldwide. The division leads the market with ultra‑high capacity and high‑end flash systems. Viking Enterprise Solutions provides advanced data center products including solid‑state memory and disk‑based storage server appliances, JBOD storage systems and related products for a variety of data center and storage applications.

Viking Enterprise Solutions products are tailored for integration into OEM, System Integrator and data center products. Viking Enterprise Solutions is proud to be part of the Sanmina family. Sanmina is recognized as a technology leader, providing end‑to‑end design, manufacturing and logistics solutions, maintaining a global footprint of design and manufacturing operations in 23 countries on six continents.

In this role, the Principal Firmware Development Engineer will participate in firmware engineering activities for the VES firmware development group in support of cutting edge data storage products and server product design in Colorado Springs. This person will report to the Firmware Engineering Manager. The successful candidate will participate in storage/server product development activities on Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC) and storage controllers.

The candidate will also be responsible for supporting field issues related to BMC firmware, and engage with our external partners to resolve problems. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of independently completing firmware design document creation, firmware code development and unit test activities to ship firmware projects on time with good quality.

• Working closely with Storage/Server HW design and firmware leads to provide early input on firmware design requirements
• Collaborate on high level design and low level design documents
• Work closely with project teams to provide schedules on given tasks
• Drive firmware development efforts for design, implementation, unit test, and integration
• Participate in firmware code development and code review process
• Provide weekly status updates to program management team on development status
• Provide support to field application engineers to debug and resolve problems at customer sites

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• 8+ years of hands on experience in product design, firmware development in a medium or large global organization

• Excellent working knowledge of embedded system design and embedded firmware development
• Must have working knowledge of Yocto
• Excellent working knowledge of the Linux OS and embedded Linux environments
• Experienced in Server/Storage system architecture
• Good communication skills to interact with external customer and engineering team
• Experienced in system level problem debug, problem determination and finding resolution
• Knowledge of IP Networking
• Familiar with Open BMC / Yocto community

• Preferred working knowledge and hands on experience with Open BMC firmware development
• Preferred experience in testing of Open BMC, BIOS firmware for storage/server applications
• Preferred knowledge of protocols including IPMI, Redfish

Salary Range (annual): $110,000 - $165,000. Actual base pay within this range (determined at the offer stage) will be based on a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, and skills, and is just one element of our total rewards package. The total rewards package also includes a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business and, depending on the role, may include eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and participation in a discretionary bonus program.

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer.