Principal Platform Software Engineer – OpenBMC Platform Architect

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001+Since 1993H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

166 days ago

Salary

$272K - $425.5K / year

Bachelor Degree15 yrs expExperience acceptedEnglishLinux

Job Description

• Platform architecture and hardware bring up of NVIDIA HGX GPU baseboards. • Software architecture and design for various firmware, understanding embedded system limitations and Linux kernel internals to ensure performance, scalability and resiliency for embedded firmware. • Work closely with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review HW architecture & schematics. • Work with internal and external team members to define performance and resiliency requirements for firmware on Nvidia data center products. • Hands-on coding, code review, and BMC firmware development including various manageability features for NVIDIA’s Server platforms. • Design and develop CI/CD framework to ensure quality for firmware. • Write and review design documents, review QA test plans, and collaborate with stakeholders for design and testability per product requirements. • Design solutions for errors, stats & configuration for CPU, GPU, DIMM, SSDs, NICs, IB, PSU, BMC, FPGA, CPLD for enterprise readiness. • Instrument code to ensure maximum code coverage; write and automate unit tests and maintain detailed unit test case reports. • Mentor team on best practices for writing efficient and bug-free code. • Work with internal and external partners to drive design architecture to real products. • Collaborate with security team to ensure code aligns with product security goals.

Job Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree (or higher) or equivalent experience in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
15+ overall years of active development using C / C++ as primary programming language using Linux as OS.
8+ experience in technically leading a good size of team in terms of delivering large firmware or software projects.
5+ experience in working across internal and external stakeholders to narrow down on requirements and converting those requirements in architecture and drive with a team to deliver it with quality.
Proven track record of delivering solutions to customers.
Deep understanding of deployments at scale.
Domain expertise in Data Center Firmware/software development on X86 or ARM Platforms including BMC-BIOS communication, thermal management, power management, firmware update, device monitoring, firmware security, etc.
Board Bring-up expertise with hands-on experience in Device drivers like I2C/I3C, SPI, PCIe, SMBus, Mail-box etc. as well as the device trees for uboot and Linux kernel.
Understanding on REST architecture style especially JSON over HTTPs with OAuth.
Strong programming in C/C++ in Linux operating environment; strong understanding of Linux kernel internals; strong code review skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills; good work ethics; high sense of team-work; commitment to finish tasks and produce quality work.
Self-starter who loves to find creative solutions to complicated problems.
Ways to stand out: delivering 100,000+ lines of code for a single project; proven record leading org of 30+ engineers; expertise in system software and platform security for x86/ARM Rack/Blade servers.