Senior Engineer - OpenBMC

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 Overview

There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations. It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers. Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry. Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality.

Lattice Overview

There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations. It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers. Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry. Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality.

Job Description

We are looking for an OpenBMC Engineer with 5–10 years of experience in OpenBMC/BMC firmware development to support platform bring-up, feature development, porting, debugging, and integration activities.

Key Requirements

• 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

Preferred Profile

• Experience in debugging firmware and hardware interaction issues
• Ability to work closely with platform, hardware, and validation teams
• Understanding of system bring-up, feature development, porting, and issue resolution in OpenBMC environments
• Good problem-solving and communication skills

In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for variable/ incentive compensation and/ or equity. In addition, this role is eligible for a comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, and more!

Additional Information

This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in:

United States of America

Lattice recognizes that employees are its greatest asset and the driving force behind success in a highly competitive, global industry. Lattice continually strives to provide a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to attract, retain, motivate, reward and celebrate the highest caliber employees in the industry.

Lattice is an international, service-driven developer of innovative low cost, low power programmable design solutions. Our global workforce, some 1,000 strong, shares a total commitment to customer success and an unbending will to win. For more information about how our FPGA, CPLD and programmable power management devices help our customers unlock their innovation, visit www.latticesemi.com. You can also follow us via Twitter, Facebook, or RSS. At Lattice, we value the diversity of individuals, ideas, perspectives, insights and values, and what they bring to the workplace. Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates.

As an E-Verify employer, we use this system to confirm the employment eligibility of all new hires in accordance with federal law. All applicants will be required to complete a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, upon hire. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job candidates and will comply with all E-Verify regulations.