Posted on: 31/03/2026
Firmware Architect
Duties of Position :
The Person Should Perform The Following In His Role :
- Architect Open BMC Solutions : Lead the design and implementation of Open-BMC distributions tailored for hyper scale hardware, including hardware abstraction layers and D-Bus interfaces.
- Responsible for defining the overall system architecture, choosing the security framework (Root of Trust, SPDM), and ensuring the BMC integrates seamlessly with BIOS and cloud-scale fleet management
- Hyper scale Collaboration : Partner with Hardware and Systems teams to define firmware requirements for OCP (Open Compute Project) compliant servers and storage enclosures.
- Modern CI/CD Integration : Drive automated testing and continuous integration workflows for firmware, ensuring high-velocity deployments without sacrificing stability.
- Security & Root of Trust : Implement and maintain platform security features, including Secure Boot and hardware Root of Trust (RoT) integration.
- Full-Stack Ownership : Manage firmware development from low-level boot loaders (U-Boot) to high-level management APIs (Redfish/gRPC).
- Production Support : Provide expert-level debugging for critical issues identified in hyper scale data centre, utilizing remote telemetry and crash dump analysis.
- Participate in firmware code development and code review process
- Provide weekly status updates to key stake-holders on development status
Qualifications Required :
- BS/MS/BE/BTech or ME/MTech in EE, CS, or CE with 10+ years of relevant firmware experience.
- Open-BMC Framework : Expert-level knowledge of D-Bus, Systemd, and Bitbake/Yocto Project within the OpenBMC ecosystem.
- Modern Management APIs : Deep experience with Redfish, MCTP, PLDM, and PDRs.
- Linux Systems : Linux kernel development, device tree configuration, and driver development for X86 and ARM platforms.
- Hardware Protocols : Advanced troubleshooting of I2C/I3C, SPI, eSPI, PCIe/VDM, and PMBus.
- Languages : Expert C/C++ (specifically modern C++ used in OpenBMC) and Python/Go for automation.
- Cloud-Scale Tooling : Experience with Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, and containerization (Docker) for firmware build environments.
- Hardware Bring-up : Experience with Aspeed AST2500/AST2600 (the industry-standard BMC chips) and low-level debugging using JTAG, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers. BMC rebranding. Linux Socket programming and IPC, Shell scripting
- Knowledge in GPUs, Linux drivers development
- Knowledge and development experience in Web scripting, test Automation scripts Software security, Knowledge in SATS
- Process development & Documentation System debugging, Firmware testing (Unit, Acceptance) and Validation
- Hyper scale Experience : Proven track record of shipping firmware for Hyper-scalar data centre products (AWS, Azure, Meta, or Tier 1 OEMs).
- Strong history of working with Open-BMC; experience replacing proprietary stacks (AMI, Avocent) with open-source alternatives is highly preferred.
- Comprehensive understanding of modern server topology, including CPUs (Intel/AMD), GPUs, and NVMe storage.
- Experience implementing Cerberus, Titan, or similar hardware security protocols.
- Ability to represent the company in industry forums (OCP) and collaborate with geographically distributed open-source contributors.
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Functional Area
Technical / Solution Architect
Job Code
1624922