OpenBMC Firmware Engineer (BMC & Linux)

Saicon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Saicon in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced firmware engineer to develop BMC firmware in an OpenBMC environment. You will work with architects, BIOS developers, vendors, and QA to deliver robust releases for customer reference boards.

The role emphasizes solid software practices, strong debugging, and manageability expertise, with upstreaming work to the OpenBMC community and hands-on hardware testing on reference boards.

Qualifications

• Experience in firmware development for BMC platforms.
• Proficiency with OpenBMC and related OSS stacks.
• Strong debugging, design, and process discipline.
• Experience with manageability interfaces and standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain BMC firmware in OpenBMC environment.
• Coordinate with architects, vendors, and QA for on-schedule, defect-free releases.
• upstream OpenBMC community work and contribute to reference boards testing.
• Apply robust software methodologies and improve code quality continuously.

Skills

BMC firmware development

OpenBMC/Open source stack

Programming: C, C++, Python, Shell, JS

Linux kernel programming

Debugging skills

Server manageability architecture

Upstreaming in OSS

BIOS coordination

Version control: Git

Gerrit usage

Education

BSEE/BSCS/BSCE or higher

4-6 years firmware development

2-4 years manageability firmware

Team-oriented

Tools

Git

Gerrit

Linux GCC build tools

OpenBMC environment

Job description

Saicon in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced firmware engineer to develop BMC firmware in an OpenBMC environment. You will work with architects, BIOS developers, vendors, and QA to deliver robust releases for customer reference boards.

The role emphasizes solid software practices, strong debugging, and manageability expertise, with upstreaming work to the OpenBMC community and hands-on hardware testing on reference boards.