Firmware Engineer

Cortex Consultants LLC; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cortex Consultants LLC in Bengaluru is seeking a Firmware Engineer with 1–3 years of hands-on experience in embedded systems and OpenBMC. You will design, implement, and maintain OBMF-ICP protocol components, develop transport bindings over USB and MCTP, and lead hardware bring-up including validation and firmware readiness.

You'll collaborate in cross-functional teams on architecture decisions, contribute to validation best practices, and work with low-level firmware across Zephyr/FreeRTOS and

Qualifications

• Expert embedded C, strong C++
• BMC / platform-management firmware experience (OpenBMC strongly preferred)
• DMTF MCTP and PLDM (incl. PLDM firmware update); working knowledge of SPDM
• Hands-on USB, I2C/SMBus, I3C, SPI, UART, GPIO; logic/protocol analyzers, JTAG/SWD
• RTOS (Zephyr/FreeRTOS) and/or embedded Linux on Arm Cortex-M / RISC-V
• Yocto/BitBake, CMake/Meson, Git, CI
• Understanding of I2C/SMBus, SPI, UART, USB, GPIO
• Basic hands-on with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/SWD; can read datasheets and schematics

Responsibilities

• OBMF-ICP Protocol Stack: Design, implement, and maintain the OBMF-ICP protocol stack and core protocol components.
• Transport Bindings: Develop and integrate OBMF-ICP transport bindings over USB and MCTP.
• Hardware Bring-up: Lead end-to-end hardware bring-up, including board validation, interface debugging, and firmware readiness.
• OCP Collaboration: Represent the program in OCP working-group discussions, reviews, and technical alignment activities.
• Technical Leadership: Drive architecture, resolve cross-layer issues, and establish implementation and validation best practices.

Skills

Firmware

Embedded C

C++

OpenBMC

OBMF-ICP

PLDM

USB

I2C/SMBus

Tools

Yocto/BitBake

CMake/Meson

Git

CI

JTAG/SWD

Job description

Exp: 1 to 3 Years

Skills: Firmware, Embedded C, C++, OpenBMC, OBMF-ICP, PLDM

Job Description

• OBMF-ICP Protocol Stack: Design, implement, and maintain the OBMF-ICP protocol stack and core protocol components.
• Transport Bindings: Develop and integrate OBMF-ICP transport bindings over USB and MCTP.
• Hardware Bring-up: Lead end-to-end hardware bring-up, including board validation, interface debugging, and firmware readiness.
• OCP Collaboration: Represent the program in OCP working-group discussions, reviews, and technical alignment activities.
• Technical Leadership: Drive architecture, resolve cross-layer issues, and establish implementation and validation best practices.

Role 3: Firmware Engineer

Location: Bangalore

Exp: 1 to 3 Years

Skills: Firmware, Embedded C, C++, OpenBMC, OBMF-ICP, PLDM

Job Description

Areas of Responsibility:

• OBMF-ICP Protocol Stack: Design, implement, and maintain the OBMF-ICP protocol stack and core protocol components.
• Transport Bindings: Develop and integrate OBMF-ICP transport bindings over USB and MCTP.
• Hardware Bring-up: Lead end-to-end hardware bring-up, including board validation, interface debugging, and firmware readiness.
• OCP Collaboration: Represent the program in OCP working-group discussions, reviews, and technical alignment activities.
• Technical Leadership: Drive architecture, resolve cross-layer issues, and establish implementation and validation best practices.

Key Skills:

OCP DC-SCM/DC-MHS, USB

Experience

1 - 3 years of experience

Qualifications & Experience

• Expert embedded C, strong C++
• BMC / platform-management firmware experience (OpenBMC strongly preferred)
• DMTF MCTP and PLDM (incl. PLDM firmware update); working knowledge of SPDM
• Hands-on USB, I2C/SMBus, I3C, SPI, UART, GPIO; logic/protocol analyzers, JTAG/SWD
• RTOS (Zephyr/FreeRTOS) and/or embedded Linux on Arm Cortex-M / RISC-V
• Yocto/BitBake, CMake/Meson, Git, CI
• Understanding of I2C/SMBus, SPI, UART, USB, GPIO
• Basic hands-on with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/SWD; can read datasheets and schematics