Senior Data Center Firmware Engineer (OpenBMC)

Oracle; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 105,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Disability insurance (short/long-term)

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a senior staff-level firmware engineer to design and prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86/ARM platforms. You will review BMC firmware, understand inter-firmware interactions in data center racks, and enhance DC-specific firmware.

You will contribute to OpenBMC and integrate Redfish, IPMI, and PLDM interfaces while collaborating with silicon vendors on reference code and updates. You will mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, and ensure firmware meets security and

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of firmware engineering experience including senior/staff-level ownership of production systems
• Knowledge of secure boot, TPM, measured boot and hardware root of trust
• Hands-on firmware engineering in BIOS, BMC firmware or other platform firmware in server areas
• Strong communication skills, technical judgment, and ability to lead across teams without direct reporting authority
• Knowledge of server firmware stacks such as EDKII, OpenBMC
• Understanding of firmware standards such as UEFI, IPMI, Redfish
• Understanding of server platform standards such as PLDM, ACPI, PCIe
• Understanding of server power management, thermal management, telemetry
• Exposure to NIC firmware, GPU firmware and storage firmware
• Experience with vendor silicon platforms (Intel, AMD, ARM, ASPEED)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86 and/or ARM platforms
• Review BMC firmware to align with target platform needs (sensors, routing, security)
• Understand interactions of all firmware in the DC rack
• Develop and enhance BMC firmware for DC-specific improvements
• Contribute to and extend OpenBMC Open-source stacks
• Integrate platform management interfaces such as Redfish, IPMI, PLDM
• Collaborate with silicon vendors on reference code and firmware enablement
• Ensure firmware meets OCI requirements for security, DC deployability, availability
• Ensure vendor firmware update mechanisms meet OCI requirements
• Mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, define maintainable standards across teams

Skills

Firmware engineering

Secure boot/TPM

BIOS/BMC hands-on

Cross-team leadership

Firmware stacks (EDKII/OpenBMC)

UEFI/IPMI/Redfish

PLDM/ACPI/PCIe

Power/thermal/telemetry

NIC/GPU/storage firmware

Vendor silicon platforms

Job description

Oracle is seeking a senior staff-level firmware engineer to design and prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86/ARM platforms. You will review BMC firmware, understand inter-firmware interactions in data center racks, and enhance DC-specific firmware.

You will contribute to OpenBMC and integrate Redfish, IPMI, and PLDM interfaces while collaborating with silicon vendors on reference code and updates. You will mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, and ensure firmware meets security and