Senior Firmware Application Engineer - Openbmc

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Taipei, Taiwan

Senior Firmware Application Engineer role focused on OpenBMC, a critical open-source platform for server management, particularly for NVIDIA's next-generation GPU server platforms. Responsibilities include developing OpenBMC firmware, contributing to the open-source community, building manageability and monitoring solutions, and collaborating with hardware and security teams. Requires strong expertise in BMC firmware, Linux, C/C++, and board bring-up.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop OpenBMC firmware and core features to support next-generation GPU server platforms.
  2. Participate in and upstream OpenBMC code, helping with the open-source community to steer feature demands and guide project direction.
  3. Build and implement manageability and monitoring solutions for enterprise components such as CPU, GPU, DIMM, SSD, NIC, PSU, FPGA, and CPLD.
  4. Leverage industry standards (MCTP, Redfish, SPDM, PLDM, PMBus, NVMe, etc.) to build high-performance and secure BMC solutions.
  5. Collaborate with hardware and security teams to align with product security goals and influence compose decisions.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience, with a proven background in large-scale projects and multi-functional collaboration.
  • Strong expertise in BMC firmware development, including BMC-BIOS communication, thermal/power management, firmware update, device monitoring, and firmware security.
  • Deep knowledge of Linux, including command-line usage, driver model, and Linux kernel internals.
  • Board bring-up experience with device drivers (I2C/I3C, SPI, PCIe, SMBus, Mailbox, etc.) and device trees for U-Boot and Linux kernel.
  • Proficiency in C/C++ with scripting skills in Python or Bash.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with flexibility in task assignments and the ability to translate requirements and challenges into actionable solutions.

Nice to have

  • Active contributor to open-source projects (OpenBMC, Linux kernel, Open Compute, DMTF standards, etc.).
  • Previous involvement assisting clients to facilitate and implement OpenBMC or system firmware resolutions.
  • Passion for driving industry standards and ecosystem building, serving as a bridge between internal teams, customers, and the open-source community.