Principal Engineering BIOS/BMC Firmware Architect, Hyperscalers Server Software

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Job Family:                     General Design Services

Job Profile Title:  Principal Engineering BIOS/BMC Firmware Architect, Hyperscalers Server Software

Location/ Division Specific Information- Austin, TX / San Jose, CA/ P06/Remote USA

How will you make an impact?-

As a Principal Systems Firmware Architect engineer, you work on the state-of-the-art server and storage firmware stack architecture, design, development, and solutions.

Server and storage firmware and software development technical depth in areas like BMC, BIOS, Security stack, Firmware Infra.

Principle Technical lead in architecture definition, design, and integration of new innovative storage and server intelligent infrastructure solutions.

What will you do? -  

• Technical leadership in architecture definition, design, and integration of new innovative storage and server intelligent infrastructure solutions

• Design, Develop, and Debug firmware by applying knowledge of server software architecture and system design

• Strong knowledge of Linux device drivers, OpenBMC implementation nuances

• How will you get here? - 

  Education:  

• Bachelor or Master in Electronics, Computer science, software engineering is required

Experience:  

• 15+ years related Firmware development is required

• Server or Storage product experience Required

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:  

• Open-source and Closed source server and storage stack experience

• In-depth experience in the OpenBIOS firmware stack and nuances

• In-depth experience in the OpenBMC firmware stack and nuances

• Open-source and Closed source server and storage stack experience

• BMC, openBMC, BIOS, RoT firmware solution experience  

• Expertise in design and debugging Firmware, BIOS, Linux Kernel, and/or Linux OS issues on SoC and platform level, UEFI, and Coreboot.

• Good C and C++ coding skills, including well design concepts and code tracing skills. 

• Expertise with Linux operation system, kernel, and application.  

• Solid Knowledge of low-level protocol, including I2C/I3C, PMBUS, SPI, UART, JTAG, GPIO/SGPIO. 

• Strong understanding of BMC IPMI 2.0 and DCMI1.5, like IPMI Messaging, SDR, SEL, FRU, SOL, IPMB, LAN, KCS, event log, PEF, ME, NM, PECI. 

• Independently porting skill of BMC to custom HW or algorithm. 

• Experience in participating in at least one whole server project cycle.

• Experience in Redfish or BMC WebUI or Linux kernel development

• Influence others and share best practices

• Understand and meet customer needs and expectations

• Work as part of a global team; Co-work with cross-functional teams

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience in Linux stack development and commercialization is preferred

• With OpenBMC experience preferred

• Design, Develop, server software architecture and system design is preferred

 

The pay range for this role is $157,200 - $282,900. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity. The anticipated close date of this job requisition is: May 30, 2025.

As part of the total rewards package, this position is eligible for a short-term incentive based on performance. In addition, Jabil offers benefits to enhance your health, wealth and resilient self. These include medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; 401(k) retirement plan and employee stock purchase plan; and paid time off.

 

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