OpenBMC Firmware Engineer: Platform Bring-Up Expert

Lattice Semiconductor; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lattice Semiconductor in Duluth, Georgia is seeking an OpenBMC Engineer with 5–10 years of experience in OpenBMC/BMC firmware development. You will support platform bring-up, feature development, porting, debugging, and integration across BMC software.

The ideal candidate has hands-on OpenBMC skills, strong C/C++ programming, familiarity with Yocto builds, and experience with hardware interfaces such as I2C, I3C, UART, GPIO and SPI.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in OpenBMC.
• Good understanding of BMC architecture and firmware.
• Good knowledge of hardware interfaces such as I2C, I3C, UART, GPIO, PSU, SPI, etc.
• Expertise or working knowledge of protocols such as MCTP/PLDM/NCSI/NVMe-MI, etc.
• Familiarity with Yocto-based build environments.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++.
• Knowledge of Python is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain OpenBMC firmware features.
• Work on porting, migration, integration, and debugging of BMC software.
• Analyze the upstream changes and port the necessary changeset for the platform.
• Collaborate with other teams for platform enablement.
• Implement and validate support for management protocols and platform interfaces.
• Participate in troubleshooting, testing, and release activities.

Skills

OpenBMC

BMC firmware

C/C++

Python

Yocto

Interfaces I2C/I3C/UART/GPIO/SPI

MCTP/PLDM/NCSI/NVMe-MI

Tools

Yocto

Job description

Lattice Semiconductor in Duluth, Georgia is seeking an OpenBMC Engineer with 5–10 years of experience in OpenBMC/BMC firmware development. You will support platform bring-up, feature development, porting, debugging, and integration across BMC software.

The ideal candidate has hands-on OpenBMC skills, strong C/C++ programming, familiarity with Yocto builds, and experience with hardware interfaces such as I2C, I3C, UART, GPIO and SPI.