Senior Firmware Engineer

Sanmina; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Viking Enterprise Solutions, part of Sanmina, is seeking a Senior Firmware Development Engineer in Colorado Springs to drive firmware design for BMC/SES and storage/server products. You will collaborate with HW and firmware teams to define requirements, develop code, and lead testing to ship on schedule.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in firmware design within large organizations, strong embedded systems expertise, and hands-on experience with BIOS/BMC firmware and related testing processes.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Electrical engineering or computer science.
• 8+ years of hands-on firmware design experience in a medium or large global organization.
• Strong knowledge of embedded systems and firmware development.

Responsibilities

• Input on firmware design requirements with HW and firmware teams.
• Prepare high-level and low-level design documents with designers.
• Provide sizing and schedule estimates for tasks.
• Drive firmware development from design through GA delivery.
• Participate in firmware code development and reviews.
• Provide weekly status updates to program management.
• Support field engineers to debug customer issues at sites.

Skills

Embedded systems

BIOS/BMC firmware

Operating systems

Server/storage architecture

Firmware testing

AMI BIOS customization

Debugging & problem solving

Cross-functional communication

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Viking Enterprise Solutions has a rich history of leadership in providing storage and storage server platforms to hyperscale and enterprise data centers worldwide. The division leads the market with ultra-high capacity and high-end flash systems. Viking Enterprise Solutions provides advanced data center products including solid-state memory and disk-based storage server appliances, JBOD storage systems and related products for a variety of data center and storage applications. Viking Enterprise Solutions products are tailored for integration into OEM, System Integrator and data center products. Viking Enterprise Solutions is proud to be part of the Sanmina family. Sanmina is recognized as a technology leader, providing end-to-end design, manufacturing and logistics solutions, maintaining a global footprint of design and manufacturing operations in 23 countries on six continents.

About the Role

In this role, the Senior Firmware Development Engineer will participate in firmware engineering activities for the VES firmware development group in support of cutting edge data storage products and server product design in Colorado Springs. This person will report to Firmware Engineering Manager. The successful candidate will participate in storage/server product design, drive the firmware engineering requirement and participate in the firmware code development activities on BMC/SES. The candidate will also be responsible supporting field issue related to BMC/SES firmware, and engage with our external partner to resolve problems. The ideal candidate will have successfully track record of independently completing firmware design document creation, firmware code development and unit test activities to ship firmware project on time with good quality.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with Storage/Server HW design and firmware architects to provide early input on firmware design requirements.
• Working closely with firmware architects to complete high level design and low level design documents.
• Working closely with project team to provide sizing and schedule on given tasks.
• Drive the firmware development effort from design, implementation, unit test, HW & FW integration to finally bug resolution to complete project to GA.
• Participate in firmware code development and code review process.
• Provide weekly status update to program management on development status.
• Provide support to field application engineers to debug and resolve problems at the customer site.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Electrical engineering or computer science.
• 8+ years of hands on experience in product design, firmware development in a medium or large global organization.

Required Skills

• Excellent working knowledge of embedded system design
• Preferred (working knowledge and hands on experience on BIOS/BMC firmware development
• Excellent working knowledge of various OS (Linux, Windows, Unix, etc.)
• Experienced in Server/Storage system architecture
• Preferred experience in testing of BMC, BIOS and SES firmware for storage/server applications
• Preferred knowledge of SES, BMC, BIOS testing requirement
• Good communication skills to interact with external customer and engineering team
• Proficient with AMI BIOS customization
• Experienced in system level problem debug, problem determination and finding resolution