Senior System Software Engineer, Platform – OpenBMC

at Nvidia

USD 184,000-356,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

Tech Stack
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Details

NVIDIA is seeking a senior system software engineer to design and implement OpenBMC firmware for GPU server platforms, with a focus on Arm architecture. The role involves BMC firmware bring-up, performance analysis, manageability features, platform monitoring, testing, security, and collaboration with hardware and software teams.

Responsibilities

Design and implement OpenBMC firmware for GPU server platforms, including Arm-based platforms.
Bring up BMC firmware, perform performance analysis, and develop manageability features for NVIDIA server platforms.
Develop and review code and design documents, review QA test plans, and collaborate with team members on design and testability.
Design solutions for errors, statistics, and configuration across CPUs, GPUs, DIMMs, SSDs, NICs, InfiniBand, PSUs, BMCs, FPGAs, CPLDs, and other server components.
Design and develop performance-optimized active-monitoring BMC solutions using DMTF standards, including MCTP, Redfish, SPDM, and PLDM.
Instrument code for maximum coverage and write and automate unit tests for implemented modules.
Maintain detailed unit test case reports and provide software quality reports covering static analysis, code coverage, and CPU load.
Collaborate with the security team to align code with product security goals.
Work with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review hardware architecture and schematics.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
8 or more years of experience.
Domain expertise in BMC firmware development on x86 or Arm platforms, including BMC-BIOS communication, thermal management, power management, firmware updates, device monitoring, and firmware security.
Board bring-up expertise and hands-on experience with device drivers and interfaces such as I2C/I3C, SPI, PCIe, SMBus, and mailbox systems.
Experience with device trees for U-Boot and the Linux kernel.
Out-of-band or in-band system management experience, with exposure to IPMI, KCS, DMTF standards such as PLDM, MCTP, and Redfish, PMBus, and NVMe.
Understanding of REST architecture, particularly JSON over HTTPS with OAuth.
Strong programming and scripting skills in C/C++, Bash, Python, and/or Go for Linux user-space and system programs.
Strong code review skills and Linux fundamentals, including Linux distributions and packages, Linux upgrade mechanisms, and building and deploying Linux images.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, teamwork, work ethic, quality focus, and commitment to completing tasks.
Self-starter who can develop creative solutions to challenging problems.

Preferred Qualifications

Contributions to industry standards or open-source projects such as Open Compute, OpenBMC, IPMI, and DMTF standards.
Expertise in system software and platform security for x86- or Arm-based rack or blade server systems.

Benefits

Base salary range of USD 184,000–287,500 for Level 4.
Base salary range of USD 224,000–356,500 for Level 5.
Eligibility for equity and benefits.
NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive work environment.

Applications will be accepted at least until August 3, 2026.