NVIDIA · 2 days ago
OpenBMC Application Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$132K/yr - $207K/yr
5+ years expNVIDIA is at the forefront of high-growth areas such as High-Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence, cloud data centers, and gaming. In this role, you will work on new server product bring-up, core firmware development, and upstream contributions, driving the evolution of OpenBMC in the open-source community.
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Responsibilities
Develop OpenBMC firmware and core features to support next-generation GPU server platforms
Contribute and upstream OpenBMC code, collaborating with the open-source community to drive feature requirements and influence project direction
Design and implement manageability and monitoring solutions for enterprise components such as CPU, GPU, DIMM, SSD, NIC, PSU, FPGA, and CPLD
Leverage industry standards (MCTP, Redfish, SPDM, PLDM, PMBus, NVMe, etc.) to build high-performance and secure BMC solutions
Writing Linux, C/C++ Device Drivers
Configuring Yocto/bitbake
Collaborate with customers and partners to facilitate, solve, and improve OpenBMC solutions while promoting the ecosystem
Provide technical guidance, training, and documentation to help customers and ecosystem partners adopt OpenBMC more effectively
Qualification
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 teamwork
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
Preferred
Active contributor to open-source projects (OpenBMC, Linux kernel, Open Compute, DMTF standards, etc.)
Direct experience working with customers to enable and bring up OpenBMC or system firmware solutions
Passion for driving industry standards and ecosystem building, serving as a bridge between internal teams, customers, and the open-source community
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