Principal Engineering Platform Firmware Architect, Cloud Server Software

Jabil; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in manufacturing, Jabil, seeks a Principal Systems Architect to provide technical leadership in firmware and software architecture for server and storage solutions. This role requires deep technical expertise in Linux drivers and OpenBMC, along with strong collaborative abilities in a global team setting. The ideal candidate will have at least 9 years of experience in firmware development and a relevant degree.

Benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Accessibility accommodations available

Qualifications

• Minimum 9+ years of firmware development experience required.
• Bachelor or Master in Electronics, Computer Science, or Software Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture definition and integration of innovative storage and server solutions.
• Design, develop, and debug firmware, focusing on server software architecture.

Skills

Linux device drivers

Firmware Infra

C/C++ coding skills

In-depth OpenBMC experience

BMC, BIOS, Security stack

Low-level protocol knowledge

Education

Bachelor in Electronics or Computer Science

Master in Software Engineering

Job description

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

Job Family: General Design Services

Job Profile Title: Principal Systems Architect

Location/ Division Specific Information- India

How will you make an impact?-

As a Principal Systems Firmware Architect engineer, you work on the state-of-the-art server and storage firmware stack architecture, design, development, and solutions.

Server and storage firmware and software development technical depth in areas like BMC, BIOS, Security stack, Firmware Infra.

Principle Technical lead in architecture definition, design, and integration of new innovative storage and server intelligent infrastructure solutions.

What will you do? -

• Technical leadership in architecture definition, design, and integration of new innovative storage and server intelligent infrastructure solutions

• Design, Develop, and Debug firmware by applying knowledge of server software architecture and system design

• Strong knowledge of Linux device drivers, OpenBMC implementation nuances

• How will you get here? -

  Education:

• Bachelor or Master in Electronics, Computer science, software engineering is required

Experience:

• 9+ years related Firmware development is required

• Server or Storage product experience Required

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Open-source and Closed source server and storage stack experience

• In-depth experience in the OpenBMC firmware stack and nuances

• In-depth experience in the Platform layers of OpenBMC firmware stack and nuances

• BMC, openBMC, BIOS, RoT firmware solution experience

• Expertise in design and debugging Firmware, BIOS, Linux Kernel, and/or Linux OS issues on SoC and platform level, UEFI, and Coreboot.

• Good C and C++ coding skills, including well design concepts and code tracing skills.

• Expertise with Linux operation system, kernel, and application.

• Solid Knowledge of low-level protocol, including I2C/I3C, PMBUS, SPI, UART, JTAG, GPIO/SGPIO.

• Strong understanding of BMC IPMI 2.0 and DCMI1.5, like IPMI Messaging, SDR, SEL, FRU, SOL, IPMB, LAN, KCS, event log, PEF, ME, NM, PECI.

• Independently porting skill of BMC to custom HW or algorithm.

• Experience in participating in at least one whole server project cycle.

• Experience in Redfish or BMC WebUI or Linux kernel development

• Influence others and share best practices

• Understand and meet customer needs and expectations

• Work as part of a global team; Co-work with cross-functional teams

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Linux stack development and commercialization is preferred

• With OpenBMC experience preferred

• Design, Develop, server software architecture and system design is preferred

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