Software Firmware Engineer

HP • Fort Collins, CO

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About The Position

System Management Firmware Development: Design and implement embedded firmware for BMCs, system controllers, and management microcontrollers responsible for hardware telemetry, power management, and remote system control. Out-of-Band Manageability: Develop and integrate firmware features that enable remote monitoring, diagnostics, and power control, supporting enterprise-class manageability solutions (e.g., Redfish). Firmware-Software Integration: Collaborate with system software teams to interface system management firmware with higher-level management tools, utilities, and orchestration frameworks. Security & Reliability: Develop secure firmware update mechanisms, authentication schemes, and system recovery features to protect firmware integrity and ensure continuous uptime. Hardware Bring-Up & Validation: Work with hardware engineers to validate new controller designs, debug communication buses (I²C, SPI, UART, SMBus), and tune control algorithms. Automation & Testing: Build and maintain test automation frameworks (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) to validate firmware functionality and solution features. Documentation & Collaboration: Write detailed technical specifications, API documentation, and release notes; contribute to design reviews and cross-functional technical discussions. Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.

Requirements

• Required Knowledge of PC/workstation system architecture (CPU, chipset, memory, peripherals).
• Strong C/C++ programming skills
• Understanding of clean code principles
• Experience with OpenEmbedded, Yocto, microcontrollers, embedded systems or other low-level code.
• Experience with debuggers, protocol analyzers, and software development tools.
• Knowledge of hardware-software integration and low-level system design.
• Familiarity with I²C, SPI, UART, GPIO, and SMBus communication protocols.
• Experience with hardware bring-up, firmware debugging, and integration testing.
• Test driven development experience
• Software security knowledge
• Experience with secure firmware update, cryptographic signing, and firmware recovery mechanisms.
• Experience developing firmware for BMCs, system controllers, or platform management
• Knowledge of Redfish or similar out-of-band management standards.
• Familiarity with Linux-based firmware environments and open-source BMC stacks (e.g., OpenBMC).
• Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, or Bash for test and automation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a hands-on, investigative mindset.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate across hardware, software, and validation teams.
• A passion for building highly reliable, serviceable, and intelligent systems.
• Results Oriented
• Learning Agility
• Customer Centricity
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in embedded or firmware engineering, programming, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement embedded firmware for BMCs, system controllers, and management microcontrollers.
• Develop and integrate firmware features that enable remote monitoring, diagnostics, and power control.
• Collaborate with system software teams to interface system management firmware with higher-level management tools.
• Develop secure firmware update mechanisms, authentication schemes, and system recovery features.
• Work with hardware engineers to validate new controller designs, debug communication buses, and tune control algorithms.
• Build and maintain test automation frameworks to validate firmware functionality and solution features.
• Write detailed technical specifications, API documentation, and release notes; contribute to design reviews and cross-functional technical discussions.
• Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees