Eridu · 21 hours ago
Staff - Principal Engineer, Linux BSP & Secure Boot
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expEridu AI is a Silicon Valley-based hardware startup pioneering infrastructure solutions that accelerate training and inference for large-scale AI models. The company is seeking a highly skilled BSP Platform Engineer to lead the design and development of the Linux-based Board Support Package (BSP) within their platform software organization, focusing on architecture, implementation, and optimization for high-scale networking platforms.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain high-quality Linux BSP and low-level platform software, including bootloaders, kernel subsystems, device drivers, and essential system services
Lead secure boot architecture and implementation, including chain-of-trust design, key provisioning, firmware authentication, measured boot, and integration with TPM/Root-of-Trust hardware
Drive early hardware bring-up and board initialization for new platforms, enabling stable operation of peripherals such as EEPROM, CPLD, GPIO, I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, thermal sensors, and watchdogs
Validate functionality and performance across multiple hardware spins, including diagnostics, power-on self-tests, interface validation, and regression testing on supervisor/management boards
Collaborate closely with hardware, system, security, and manufacturing teams to define and optimize platform behavior around thermal management, power sequencing, reliability, and system resilience at the BSP layer
Enable control-plane software integration with SONiC platform services or custom management APIs, ensuring robust communication between the management CPU/BMC and the switching ASIC
Support production readiness through debugging, root cause analysis, DVT/EVT support, and long-term maintainability improvements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in Computer Science/ECE with 10+ years of experience, or Master's with 5+ years in embedded systems, firmware, or platform software development
Deep proficiency in C/C++ programming in Linux-based cross-compiled environments, including familiarity with compiler toolchains (Yocto/Buildroot), debugging tools (gdb, JTAG, Lauterbach), and performance profiling
Strong expertise in embedded Linux, BSP development, board initialization, FPGA-to-CPU/BMC communication protocols and low-level system software, including bootloaders, kernel bring-up, device drivers
Hands-on experience with secure boot, chain of trust, key provisioning, TPM/Root-of-Trust integration, verified boot, and firmware authentication
Experience with hardware bring-up on new boards and SoCs, including DDR initialization, power sequencing, clock/reset trees, and low-speed peripheral drivers (I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, EEPROM, CPLD)
Experience developing platform SDK components, including board configuration frameworks, diagnostics, platform abstraction layers, and device-tree-based initialization
Experience with control-plane integration for network switches/routers, including management CPU to ASIC interfaces over I2C/PCIe
Experience with modern network operating systems such as SONiC, especially the platform/BSP layer (platform drivers, platform API, sensors, transceivers, thermal/power integration)
Experience with simulation and emulation environments, including QEMU, hardware behavioral models, or RTL-based SoC simulations for pre-silicon validation
Strong debugging skills, including board bring-up logs, kernel crash analysis, JTAG debug, and low-level system trace analysis
Preferred
Experience developing BSPs for switching or routing platforms (modular chassis or fixed-configuration systems)
Knowledge of network OS like SONiC and platform daemons (OpenBMC, SystemD services)
Familiarity with hardware abstraction layers (HALs) or platform SDKs used in switch OS architectures
Good understanding of Ethernet switching hardware at the platform level, e.g., PHY initialization, MAC/PHY interfaces, SERDES bring-up, and basic Layer 2/3 datapath awareness for platform integration (not protocol development)
Company
Eridu
Eridu is a Silicon Valley startup focused on accelerating the performance of large AI models.
51-200 employees
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