NVIDIA · 2 days ago
Senior System Software Engineer Platform - OpenBMC
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$184K/yr - $288K/yr
8+ years expNVIDIA is known as 'the AI computing company' and is seeking to grow its teams with the smartest people in the world. The role involves designing and implementing OpenBMC Firmware for GPU Server platforms, focusing on performance analysis and coding manageability features for NVIDIA's Server platforms.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement OpenBMC Firmware for GPU Server platforms focus on but not limited to Arm architecture
Hands on work with bringing up of BMC firmware, performance analysis and coding various manageability features for NVIDIA’s Server platforms
Developing and reviewing code, writing and reviewing design documents, reviewing QA test plan and working closely with all team members to achieve consensus for design and testability as per product requirements
Designing solutions for errors, stats & configuration appropriate to CPU, GPU, DIMM, SSDs, NICs, IB, PSU, BMC, FPGA, CPLD etc. for enterprise readiness of NVIDIA Server platforms
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
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor of Science Degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience
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
Board Bring-up expertise with hands-on experience in Device drivers like I2C/I3C, SPI, PCIe, SMBus, Mail-box etc. as well as the device trees for uboot and Linux kernel
OOB or In-band System Management experience with exposure to standards IPMI, KCS, DMTF Standards (PLDM, MCTP, Redfish, etc), PMBus, NVMe, etc
Understanding on REST architecture style especially JSON over HTTPs with OAuth
Strong programming and scripting skills using C/C++, Bash, Python, Go etc. both for Linux user-space programs and system programs with thorough code reviewing skills
Strong in Linux fundamentals, various Linux distributions and packages, Linux upgrade mechanisms, building and deploying Linux images
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
Self-starter who loves to find creative solutions to challenging problems
Preferred
Contributor to industry standards like Open Compute, OpenBMC, IPMI, DMTF Standards, and open source
Expertise in system software and platform security for x86/ARM based Rack/Blade server systems
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