Senior Firmware Engineer - AI System/OpenBMC

Hyve Solutions•Fremont, CA

About The Position

The Senior Firmware Engineer owns the architecture and development of OpenBMC-based BMC firmware for Hyve’s next-generation AI and compute server platforms. The role spans manageability, telemetry, power and thermal control, security, and manufacturing enablement, in close partnership with hardware teams and hyperscaler customers. The engineer also provides technical leadership by setting development practices, reviewing code, mentoring engineers, and representing firmware architecture to customers and internal executives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
10 or more years of embedded or firmware development experience.
Significant experience with BMC or platform management firmware and hands-on OpenBMC development.
Proven delivery of server-class firmware into production.
Strong C/C++ and embedded Linux skills.
Deep knowledge of OpenBMC, Redfish, IPMI, I2C/I3C, PMBus, SPI, and platform management interfaces.
Experience with secure boot, firmware updates, and Root of Trust (RoT).
Solid understanding of server hardware, power and thermal control loops, and firmware interactions with BIOS, hardware, and manufacturing flows.
Ability to lead cross-functional debugging, drive architecture decisions, and communicate effectively with hardware teams, customers, and executives.

Nice To Haves

Hyperscale experience.

Responsibilities

Define and own the OpenBMC-based firmware architecture for AI/GPU server platforms, including the manageability stack, Redfish interfaces, IPMI, and platform telemetry.
Develop and integrate firmware for power, thermal, fan control, and sensor monitoring in collaboration with power delivery and thermal teams.
Implement secure boot, firmware update and recovery, Root of Trust (RoT) integration, and robust error handling.
Lead firmware bring-up through EVT, DVT, and PVT; debug at board and system level; and drive root-cause analysis and permanent fixes across firmware, hardware, and system integration.
Deliver firmware tools and features for factory provisioning, diagnostics, and fleet deployment, and support large-scale field issue resolution.
Set firmware development methodology, review code, and mentor engineers.
Represent firmware architecture to customers and internal executives, and lead cross-functional architecture and debugging discussions.