Firmware Architect
About The Position
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a senior firmware architect with deep, cross-stack expertise to lead architectural decisions for Gen13 servers. The role will resolve complex, system-level firmware trade-offs early in design and ensure scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability. The position designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for enhancements and new products, and determines hardware compatibility or influences hardware design. It has visible technical impact on a product or major subcomponent and applies in-depth professional knowledge and innovative ideas to solve complex problems. The architect is recognized as an internal authority in a key technology area, provides technical leadership for significant project or program work, and contributes to cross-functional initiatives, mentorship, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
- Typically 10+ years of experience.
- Experience designing and developing software systems design tools and languages.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in the overall architecture of software systems for products and solutions.
- Experience designing and integrating software systems running on multiple platform types into an overall architecture.
- Experience evaluating and selecting software systems testing forms and processes, including writing and executing test plans, debugging, and using testing scripts and tools.
- History of innovation with multiple patents or deployed solutions in software design.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and the local language.
- Ability to communicate product architectures and design proposals effectively and negotiate options at business-unit and executive levels.
- In-depth knowledge of Redfish standards.
- Proven record of scaling firmware across multiple management processors on scalable systems.
- Ability to exemplify test-driven development.
- Proven record of integrating AI into development and test cycles.
- In-depth knowledge of the OpenBMC and Yocto environment.
- Experience in a secure software development life cycle.
Responsibilities
- Develop organization-wide architectures and methodologies for software systems design and development across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit.
- Identify and evaluate new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with the technology roadmap and business value; create plans for integration and updates to the architecture.
- Review and evaluate designs and project activities for compliance with development guidelines and standards; provide tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.
- Use domain expertise, business acumen, and experience to influence decisions by executive business leadership, outsourced development partners, and industry standards groups.
- Provide guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members, modeling software systems design and development innovation and excellence.
- Lead architectural decisions for Gen13 servers and resolve complex system-level firmware trade-offs early in design.
- Help ensure firmware scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
- Career development programs to help employees reach career goals, develop expertise, or apply skills to another division.
- Variable incentives may be offered in addition to base salary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
