Firmware Automation Engineer

Verda; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity included

Remote role (EU)

Benefits package

Job summary

Verda is seeking a firmware automation engineer to build and operate scalable rollout pipelines for servers, switches, and accelerators across a large infrastructure fleet. You will ensure updates are safe, efficient, and verifiably healthy with staged releases and automated rollback.

You’ll work with Redfish/IPMI, Python or Go, and configuration tools such as Ansible or SaltStack, coordinating with hardware teams and vendors to address errata and security issues in AI/ML clusters.

Qualifications

• Experience automating firmware updates across large fleets.
• Practical knowledge of Redfish and IPMI for hardware management.
• Ability to design safe unattended recovery procedures.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or advanced shell scripting; experience with configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated firmware rollout pipelines for servers, switches, and accelerators.
• Manage firmware across BIOS/UEFI, BMCs, InfiniBand adapters, network switches, and GPUs.
• Use Redfish and IPMI APIs to discover, inventory, configure, and update bare-metal systems.
• Collect and assess post-update health signals, and automate rollback when a device fails checks.
• Integrate firmware workflows with provisioning and configuration management using SaltStack or Ansible.
• Investigate hardware errata and coordinate fixes for security vulnerabilities and performance issues with vendors and internal engineering teams.

Skills

Firmware automation

Redfish

IPMI

Python

Go

Shell scripting

Ansible

SaltStack

Tools

SaltStack

Ansible

mstflint

mlxup

OpenBMC

Job description

Role overview

Build the automation that keeps server, network, and accelerator firmware current across a large infrastructure fleet. The work spans low-level hardware management and deployment safety: updates should roll out efficiently while health checks, staged releases, and recovery paths limit the impact of faulty firmware.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated firmware rollout pipelines for servers, switches, and accelerators.
• Manage firmware across BIOS/UEFI, baseboard management controllers, InfiniBand adapters, network switches, and GPUs.
• Use Redfish and IPMI APIs to discover, inventory, configure, and update bare-metal systems.
• Collect and assess post-update health signals, and automate rollback when a device fails checks.
• Integrate firmware workflows with provisioning and configuration management using tools such as SaltStack or Ansible.
• Investigate hardware errata and coordinate fixes for security vulnerabilities and performance issues with vendors and internal engineering teams.

Requirements

• Experience automating firmware updates across large fleets rather than handling devices individually.
• Practical knowledge of Redfish and IPMI for hardware management.
• Ability to assess device health after updates and design safe unattended recovery procedures.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or advanced shell scripting, plus configuration management tools such as Ansible or SaltStack.

Nice to have

• Experience with OpenBMC or custom BMC firmware.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA or Mellanox firmware utilities such as mstflint or mlxup.
• Firmware operations experience in AI/ML clusters or high-performance computing environments.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote role within the EU; full-time and permanent.
• Compensation includes cash and equity, with additional benefits.