Firmware Engineer

Sanmina Corporation; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Viking Enterprise Solutions, part of the Sanmina family, seeks a Sr Firmware Development Engineer in Colorado Springs to drive firmware design and development for data storage products. You will interface with HW/firmware teams, define requirements, and push projects from design through validation to GA.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years of firmware experience in embedded systems, BIOS/BMC familiarity, and strong OS knowledge (Linux/Windows/Unix).

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science required.
• Minimum 2 years hands-on firmware development experience in a large organization.
• Strong embedded system design knowledge.
• Experience with BIOS/BMC firmware development is preferred.
• Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and Unix environments.
• Experience in server/storage system architecture and firmware testing.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve system-level issues.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with HW/firmware teams to define firmware requirements.
• Create high- and low-level design documents for firmware.
• Plan tasks with project teams including sizing and scheduling.
• Drive firmware development from design to integration and bug resolution to GA.
• Participate in code development and code reviews.
• Provide weekly status updates to management.
• Support field engineers to debug issues at customer sites.

Skills

Embedded systems

BIOS/BMC firmware

Linux

Windows

Unix

Server/Storage architecture

Firmware debugging

Communication

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

AMI BIOS customization

Job description

Viking Enterprise Solutions has a rich history of leadership in providing storage and storage server platforms to hyperscale 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.

Job Purpose:

In this role, the Sr. 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 Firmware Engineering Manager. The successful candidate will participate in storage/server product design, drive the firmware engineering requirement and participate in the firmware code development activities on BMC/SES. The candidate will also be responsible supporting field issue related to BMC/SES firmware, and engage with our external partner to resolve problems. The ideal candidate will have successfully track record of independently completing firmware design document creation, firmware code development and unit test activities to ship firmware project on time with good quality.

Nature of Duties/Responsibilities:

• Working closely with Storage/Server HW design and firmware architects to provide early input on firmware design requirement
• Working closely with firmware architects to complete high level design and low level design documents
• Working closely with project team to provide sizing and schedule on given tasks
• Drive the firmware development effort from design, implementation, unit test, HW & FW integration to finally bug resolution to complete project to GA.
• Participate in firmware code development and code review process
• Provide weekly status update to program management on development status
• Provide support to field application engineers to debug and resolve problems at the customer site

Education and Experience:

• BS degree in Electrical engineering or computer science
• Minimum of 2 years of hands on experience in product design, firmware development in a medium or large global organization
• Excellent working knowledge of embedded system design
• Preferred (working knowledge and hands on experience on BIOS/BMC firmware development
• Excellent working knowledge of various OS (Linux, Windows, Unix, etc.)
• Experienced in Server/Storage system architecture
• Preferred experience in testing of BMC, BIOS and SES firmware for storage/server applications
• Good system Hardware/Software integration skills
• Preferred knowledge of SES, BMC, BIOS testing requirement
• Good communication skills to interact with external customer and engineering team
• Proficient with AMI BIOS customization
• Experienced in system level problem debug, problem determination and finding resolution

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Range: $80,000 - $90,000

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.