Senior BMC Firmware Developer

Posted:
5/21/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Taipei, Taiwan

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 fueled the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern deep learning — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, we are increasingly known as “the AI computing company.” We're looking to grow our company and establish teams with the most thoughtful people in the world. Are you ready to change the next generation of computing? Join us at the forefront of technological advancement. 

What you’ll be doing:

  • Designing, implementing, and delivering innovations for managing GPU based AI servers with focus on OOB management, firmware development, server architecture and building systems for enterprise.

  • Working with a global team of BMC developers on NVIDIA server designs.

  • Designing and developing performance optimized active monitoring BMC solutions using DMTF Standards including MCTP, Redfish, SPDM and PLDM specifications.

  • Instrumenting code to ensure maximum code coverage, writing and automating unit tests for each implemented module and maintain detailed unit test case reports.

  • Providing software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage, CPU load.

  • Working with security team to ensure developed code is in line with product security goals.

  • Working closely with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review HW architecture & schematics.

  • Working with QA/Test architects to come up with proper test tools and automation for qualifying the whole system software and firmware stack.

What we need to see:

  • Domain expertise in BMC Firmware development on X86 or ARM Platforms including BMC-BIOS communication, thermal management, power management, firmware update, device monitoring, firmware security, etc.

  • Strong experience with AMI/Insyde or OpenBMC Firmware architecture.

  • Solid experience of end-to-end delivery of high-end enterprise servers from definition to customer deployment.

  • Solid understanding of low-level interfaces between SBIOS, BMC and OS like I2C/SPI/PCIe/JTAG etc. PCIe enumeration, IO at platform level for enterprise systems.

  • Experience working closely with HW teams, ODMs and vendors to introduce and support server platforms. 

  • Experience with C/C++ development, bash/python for scripting, and debugging skills in embedded Linux operating environments.

  • You should possess excellent written and oral communication skills, good work ethics, high sense of team-work, love to produce quality work and commitment to finish your tasks every single day. You are a self-starter who loves to find creative solutions to exciting problems.

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, and 6+ years of experience, with demonstrated strong ability as individual contributor. 

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Contributor to industry standards like Open Compute, IPMI, DMTF Standards, and open source.

  • Proven record in delivering BMC or equivalent manageability stack for enterprise servers with AMI SPX  firmware stack. 

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the most desirable employers in the world. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us. If you are creative, autonomous and love a challenge, we want to hear from you. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

NVIDIA

Website: https://www.nvidia.com/

Headquarter Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1993

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

Industries: Artificial Intelligence (AI) ⋅ GPU ⋅ Hardware ⋅ Software ⋅ Virtual Reality