Sr. Firmware Engineer

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Until 8/22/2026 5+ years exp First posted May 29, 2026 Last posted May 29, 2026
Job description

Job Req ID: 28736

About Supermicro:

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.
 

Job Summary:

Super Micro Computer, Inc. is seeking talented Sr. Firmware Engineer will be responsible for developing world class firmware to fully maximize the strong hardware architecture of in-house servers. We are looking for talented individuals who enjoy creating firmware for networking products, prototyping concepts, and investigating in new technologies. In this position, the candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design robust networking products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Includes the following essential duties and responsibilities (other duties may also be assigned):

. Responsible for designing, porting, defining, developing, and maintaining OpenBMC and Traditional BMC firmware for GPU server systems, Standalone Server System, Storage Systems.

. Work closely with the software and hardware teams to develop and integrate embedded code Kernel and Drivers in BMC.

. Work closely with the related teams to come up with a total solution or new architecture design and implement them in BMC.

. Design and focus components ownership and investigate critical issues and root cause them.

. Design and develop new core technologies, participate in new products architecture design.

. Design and develop new BMC features and enhancements on Redfish, CLI, SNMP, VM, IKVM, WEBUI.

. Dive into and take ownership for critical design issues, work with cross-functional teams for debugging and troubleshooting issues.

. Bring up Intel, AMD, ARMS server platforms.

. BMC Management about LAN, SAS, NVME, GPU and other AOC, and CPU, DIMM., PCIe switch.

. Follow up industry standard management specification.

. Contribute Opensource development.

. Firmware Security involved.

Qualifications:

. Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science preferred; Master’s degree strongly preferred.

. Minimum of 5 years of experience in firmware development preferred.

. Experience in Redfish, IPMI protocol, ARMs processors, virtual media and web server.

. Experience in software or hardware protocol: I3C, I2C,USB, UART, PECI, MCTP, SPDM, PLDM, NVME-MI, NCSI, IPV6, HTTPS...

. Strong programming skills in C/C++, Linux shell scripts with hands-on experience in embedded Linux development.

. Any knowledge of Intel, AMD, ARMS server platforms and system management architecture.

. Any knowledge of system management architecture and total solution.

. Any knowledge of firmware security involved.

. OpenBMC or Traditional BMC preferred.

About this role

Summary

Develop and maintain firmware for server hardware, focusing on networking, security, and management protocols.

Job title

Sr. Firmware Engineer

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Remote work allowed, location not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C/C++Linux shell scriptsOpenBMCfirmware developmentprotocols: I3C, I2C, USB, UART, NVME-MIRedfishIPMI

Preferred skills

firmware securityserver platforms: Intel, AMD, ARMSweb servervirtual mediasystem management architecture

Specializations

firmwareembedded LinuxBMCOpenBMCnetworking
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