Principal Engineering Firmware Architect, Cloud Server Software

Company: Jabil Circuit
Location: San Jose
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

Job Family: General Design ServicesJob Profile Title: Principal Systems ArchitectLocation/ Division Specific Information: Austin, TX / San Jose, CA / P06How will you make an impact?As a Principal Systems Firmware Architect engineer, you will work on the state-of-the-art server and storage firmware stack architecture, design, development, and solutions.You will provide technical depth in areas like BMC, BIOS, Security stack, and Firmware Infrastructure.You will serve as the Principal Technical lead in architecture definition, design, and integration of new innovative storage and server intelligent infrastructure solutions.What will you do?

• Provide technical leadership in architecture definition, design, and integration of new innovative storage and server intelligent infrastructure solutions.
• Design, develop, and debug firmware by applying knowledge of server software architecture and system design.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of Linux device drivers and OpenBMC implementation nuances.How will you get here?Education:
  • Bachelor or Master in Electronics, Computer Science, or Software Engineering is required.Experience:
    • 9+ years of related firmware development experience is required.
    • Experience with server or storage products is required.Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
      • Experience with open-source and closed-source server and storage stacks.
      • Experience with BMC, OpenBMC, BIOS, and RoT firmware solutions.
      • Expertise in designing and debugging firmware, BIOS, Linux Kernel, and/or Linux OS issues on SoC and platform level, UEFI, and Coreboot.
      • Good C and C++ coding skills, including well-designed concepts and code tracing skills.
      • Expertise with Linux operating systems, kernels, and applications.
      • Solid knowledge of low-level protocols, including I2C/I3C, PMBUS, SPI, UART, JTAG, GPIO/SGPIO.
      • Strong understanding of BMC IPMI 2.0 and DCMI 1.5, including IPMI Messaging, SDR, SEL, FRU, SOL, IPMB, LAN, KCS, event log, PEF, ME, NM, PECI.
      • Independently porting skills of BMC to custom hardware or algorithms.
      • Experience in participating in at least one whole server project cycle.
      • Experience in Redfish, BMC WebUI, or Linux kernel development.
      • Ability to influence others and share best practices.
      • Understand and meet customer needs and expectations.
      • Work as part of a global team and co-work with cross-functional teams.
      • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.Preferred Qualifications:
        • Experience in Linux stack development and commercialization is preferred.
        • Experience with OpenBMC is preferred.
        • Experience in designing and developing server software architecture and system design is preferred.Salary Range:$157,200 / $220,000 / $282,900Annual Target Bonus: 30%
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