Senior System Software Engineer, Openbmc

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Bangalore, India +1 · Remote

Senior System Software Engineer role at NVIDIA focusing on OpenBMC firmware development for server platforms. Responsibilities include implementing Unified Firmware architecture, system management software, BMC firmware bring-up, performance analysis, and ensuring code quality and security. Requires extensive experience in BMC firmware, system management, and programming languages like C/C++, Bash, Python, and Go.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for implementing the Unified Firmware architecture and System management software across NVIDIA server platforms.
  2. Leading end-to-end platform architecture, spanning hardware abstraction, firmware design, security, and scalable system management using OpenBMC.
  3. Hands on work with bringing up of BMC firmware, performance analysis and coding various manageability features for NVIDIA’s Server platforms.
  4. Developing and reviewing code, writing and reviewing design documents, reviewing QA test plan and working closely with all team members to achieve consensus for design and testability as per product requirements.
  5. Designing and developing performance optimized active monitoring BMC solutions using DMTF Standards including MCTP, Redfish, SPDM and PLDM specifications

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science Degree (or higher) or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
  • 10+ years of experience
  • OpenBMC Firmware development experience on X86 or ARM Platforms
  • System Management software development experience in Blade/Rack server platforms
  • Exposure to standards IPMI, KCS, DMTF Standards(PLDM, MCTP, SPDM and Redfish)
  • Domain expertise in BMC system-on-chip solution from one or more vendors like ASPEED, Nuvoton, Axiado
  • Design and architecture of errors, stats & configuration appropriate to CPU, DIMM, SSDs, NICs, IB, BMC etc.
  • Deep understanding on REST architecture style especially JSON over HTTPs with OAuth
  • Excellent programming and scripting skills using C/C++, Bash, Python, Go
  • Thorough code reviewing skills
  • Knowledge of Linux fundamentals, various Linux distributions and packages, Linux upgrade mechanisms, building and deploying Linux images.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Good work ethics
  • High sense of team-work
  • Commitment to finish your tasks every single day
  • Self-starter who loves to find creative solutions to challenging problems

Nice to have

  • Contributor to industry standards like OpenCompute, OpenBMC, IPMI, DMTF, Redfish and open source.
  • Expertise in system software and platform security for x86/ARM based Rack/Blade server systems.

What the JD emphasized

  • OpenBMC Firmware development experience on X86 or ARM Platforms including BMC-BIOS communication, power/thermal management, firmware update, device monitoring, firmware security, etc.
  • System Management software development experience in Blade/Rack server platforms with exposure to standards IPMI, KCS, DMTF Standards(PLDM, MCTP, SPDM and Redfish) etc.
  • Domain expertise in BMC system-on-chip solution from one or more vendors like ASPEED, Nuvoton, Axiado etc.
  • Excellent programming and scripting skills using C/C++, Bash, Python, Go etc. both for Linux user-space programs and system programs with thorough code reviewing skills.
  • Knowledge of Linux fundamentals, various Linux distributions and packages, Linux upgrade mechanisms, building and deploying Linux images.