Lead Embedded Firmware Engineer for BMC/OpenBMC

Adecco (Portugal); Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 365,000 - 528,000; Full time

Job summary

An embedded firmware engineer role focused on OpenBMC and related server manageability systems. The candidate will design, implement, integrate, validate, and sustain firmware modules using C/C++, Python, and embedded Linux tooling.

The position entails platform bring-up, debugging, automated testing, and collaboration with BIOS, hardware, validation, and software teams to deliver robust BMC solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong C/C++ development and code-tracing skills.
• Solid understanding of Linux operation and embedded Linux.
• Hands-on knowledge of BMC functions (IPMI, SDR, SEL, FRU, SOL).
• Experience with Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, D-Bus, WebUI or equivalent manageability mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, integration, validation, delivery, and sustaining support of assigned BMC modules or features.
• Convert product and customer requirements into high-level design, low-level design, implementation plans, test strategies, and technical documentation.
• Develop and maintain OpenBMC or embedded Linux firmware using C/C++, Python, shell, Yocto/BitBake, D-Bus, systemd, U-Boot, Linux kernel, and device-driver technologies as applicable.
• Lead platform bring-up and integration activities involving BMC hardware, firmware, BIOS, CPLD, MCU, FPGA, network devices, sensors, storage, and power/thermal subsystems.
• Perform complex source-code analysis, issue triage, defect reproduction, root cause analysis, corrective action, and regression prevention.
• Design and maintain automated tests, diagnostics, failure-injection tests, and regression suites.
• Review code, designs, test plans, and technical analyses; ensure adherence to coding, security, quality, and release standards.
• Coordinate deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issue closure with BIOS, hardware, validation, manufacturing, thermal, mechanical, system, security, and program teams.
• Participate in customer technical discussions, requirement clarification, issue analysis, and escalation resolution.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and knowledge sharing to engineers.
• Contribute to upstream OpenBMC or open-source projects when required by product strategy and contribution policy.
• Recommend improvements to architecture, build flow, automation, validation, release quality, and team efficiency.

Skills

C/C++ development

Embedded Linux

D-Bus

Yocto/BitBake

Python

Shell scripting

IPMI

Firmware development

Git workflows

Hardware bring-up

Server architecture

Debugging

Tools

Git

CI pipelines

U-Boot

Linux kernel

Job description

An embedded firmware engineer role focused on OpenBMC and related server manageability systems. The candidate will design, implement, integrate, validate, and sustain firmware modules using C/C++, Python, and embedded Linux tooling.

The position entails platform bring-up, debugging, automated testing, and collaboration with BIOS, hardware, validation, and software teams to deliver robust BMC solutions.