Senior Firmware Engineer - Embedded, OpenBMC & RTOS

Tessolve; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tessolve Semiconductors in Dallas, TX is seeking a Sr. Firmware Engineer to design, implement, and validate firmware for OBMF-ICP protocol stack and related components across USB and MCTP transports.

You will lead hardware bring-up, collaborate in OCP discussions, and drive cross-layer architecture and verification best practices. 6–10 years of embedded experience, OpenBMC preferred, with Zephyr/FreeRTOS, Yocto, and ARM/RISC-V expertise.

Qualifications

• Expert embedded C and strong C++.
• BMC / platform-management firmware experience (OpenBMC strongly preferred).
• DMTF MCTP and PLDM (incl. PLDM firmware update); working knowledge of SPDM.
• Hands-on USB, I2C/SMBus, I3C, SPI, UART, GPIO; logic/protocol analyzers, JTAG/SWD.
• RTOS (Zephyr/FreeRTOS) and/or embedded Linux on Arm Cortex-M / RISC-V.
• Yocto/BitBake, CMake/Meson, Git, CI.
• Understanding of I2C/SMBus, SPI, UART, USB, GPIO

Responsibilities

• OBMF-ICP Protocol Stack: Design, implement, and maintain the OBMF-ICP protocol stack and core protocol components.
• Transport Bindings: Develop and integrate OBMF-ICP transport bindings over USB and MCTP.
• Hardware Bring-up: Lead end-to-end hardware bring-up, including board validation, interface debugging, and firmware readiness.
• OCP Collaboration: Represent the program in OCP working-group discussions, reviews, and technical alignment activities.
• Technical Leadership: Drive architecture, resolve cross-layer issues, and establish implementation and validation best practices.

Skills

Embedded C

C++

RTOS (Zephyr/FreeRTOS)

Tools

Yocto/BitBake

CMake/Meson

Git

CI

DMTF MCTP

PLDM

Job description

Tessolve Semiconductors in Dallas, TX is seeking a Sr. Firmware Engineer to design, implement, and validate firmware for OBMF-ICP protocol stack and related components across USB and MCTP transports.

You will lead hardware bring-up, collaborate in OCP discussions, and drive cross-layer architecture and verification best practices. 6–10 years of embedded experience, OpenBMC preferred, with Zephyr/FreeRTOS, Yocto, and ARM/RISC-V expertise.