Senior Firmware Engineer

Infobahn Softworld Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Infobahn Softworld Inc in California seeks a senior firmware engineer to architect, develop and verify manageability firmware for dense server platforms running an embedded RTOS. You will productize firmware for reference designs and ODM use, and collaborate with internal debug, validation and customer teams.

Strong C and assembly skills, IPMI/DCMI/SMASH experience, and hardware debugging prowess are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of firmware development experience.
• Experience with firmware for system management controllers (IPMI, DCMI, SMASH).
• Experience integrating firmware with BIOS/OS components.
• Embedded Linux and FreeRTOS familiarity.
• C and assembly programming skills.
• Hardware debugging tools proficiency (JTAG, I2C analyzers, oscilloscope).

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop and verify manageability firmware on an embedded RTOS.
• Target dense server platforms and productize designs for reference designs and ODM use.
• Collaborate with internal debug, validation and customer teams.
• Improve scalability and time-to-market through robust firmware architecture.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Embedded systems

Firmware architecture

RTOS experience

IPMI/DCMI/SMASH knowledge

Hardware debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Zephyr RTOS

Embedded Linux

JTAG

I2C bus analysis

Oscilloscope

Job description

• Experience with SERDES, optics, PHY transceivers (physical layer), CMIS, PCIe/Ethernet
• Baremetal experience and Zephyr RTOS is needed.
• C/C++ experience. Basic C++ object oriented programming.

JOB DUTIES: This position is ideal for the technical leader who enjoys code architecture and has the vision and desire to guide concepts from inception to fruition. Duties include architecting, developing, and verifying manageability firmware running in an embedded RTOS, for use in dense server platforms. The manageability firmware will be productized in reference designs as well as ODM designs and will be utilized by internal debug teams, validation teams, and customer teams. Strong contenders will combine technical prowess with vision regarding manageability to maximize scalability across platforms and lessen time to market. Programming in C and assembly.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

• More than 8 years of experience on firmware development.
• Prior work experience in developing firmware for system management controllers required, particular interest in candidates with experience in IPMI, DCMI and SMASH standards
• Experience in performing integration with platform, BIOS and OS components
• Experience in developing in embedded Linux OS, FreeRTOS experience will be considered over others
• Programming skills with C and assembly
• Ability to work with hardware debugging tools such as JTAG, I2C bus analyzers and scope is preferred