Lead Firmware Engineer

Oracle

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Location
Nashville, TN
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$96,800–$306,400 / yr
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58 days ago
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The Lead Firmware Engineer (OCI AI/Infra - Servers) joins the product and research team to develop datacenter platform firmware. This role involves designing and developing prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86 and ARM platforms while reviewing BMC firmware for sensors, platform routing, and security. The engineer will contribute to open-source stacks like OpenBMC, integrate management interfaces including Redfish, IPMI, and PLDM, and collaborate with silicon vendors on reference code and firmware enablement. Key technical requirements include expertise in secure boot, TPM, measured boot, hardware root of trust, and standards such as ACPI and PCIe. The position focuses on ensuring firmware meets requirements for security, availability, and datacenter deployability across server platforms, including NIC, GPU, and storage firmware components.

Skills

BIOS UEFI OpenBMC Redfish IPMI PLDM x86 ARM EDKII ACPI PCIe TPM Secure Boot Measured Boot Hardware Root of Trust Intel AMD ASPEED

What you'll do

  • Design and develop prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86 and ARM platforms.
  • Review and enhance BMC firmware to meet specific datacenter requirements for sensors and security.
  • Contribute to and extend open-source platform management stacks like OpenBMC.
  • Integrate platform management interfaces including Redfish, IPMI, and PLDM.
  • Coordinate with silicon vendors on reference code, firmware updates, and enablement.
  • Ensure firmware meets requirements for security, availability, and datacenter deployability.
  • Define standards for maintainable, production-grade firmware and mentor junior engineers.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of firmware engineering experience, including senior/staff-level ownership of production systems.
  • Hands-on firmware engineering skills in BIOS, BMC FW, or other platform firmware in server-specific areas.
  • Knowledge of secure boot, TPM, measured boot, and hardware root of trust.
  • Knowledge of server firmware stacks such as EDKII and OpenBMC.
  • Understanding of firmware standards such as UEFI, IPMI, and Redfish.
  • Understanding of server platform standards such as PLDM, ACPI, and PCIe.
  • Understanding of server power management, thermal management, and telemetry.
  • Experience working on vendor silicon platforms from one or more vendors such as Intel, AMD, ARM, or ASPEED.

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