System Software Engineer – OpenBMC

Details

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years, fueled by great technology and amazing people. The company is tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing, where GPUs act as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement OpenBMC Core Infrastructure and features for GPU Server platforms.
• Bring up BMC firmware, perform performance analysis, and code various manageability features for NVIDIA’s server platforms.
• Develop and contribute to reviews, working closely with the open-source community to enable NVIDIA features and platform requirements.
• Craft solutions for errors, stats, and configuration related to CPU, GPU, DIMM, SSDs, NICs, IB, PSU, BMC, FPGA, CPLD for enterprise readiness of NVIDIA Server platforms.
• Design and develop performance-optimized active monitoring BMC solutions using DMTF Standards, including MCTP, Redfish, SPDM, and PLDM specifications.
• Instrument code to ensure maximum test coverage, write and automate unit tests, and maintain detailed unit test case reports.
• Provide software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage, and CPU load.
• Collaborate with the security team to align code development with product security goals and with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review architecture and schematics.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electronics & Communication, or Electrical Engineering.
• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Expertise in BMC Firmware development on x86 or ARM platforms including BMC-BIOS communication, thermal management, power management, firmware update, device monitoring, firmware security.
• Board bring-up experience with device drivers such as I2C/I3C, SPI, PCIe, SMBus, mailbox, and device trees for U-Boot and Linux kernel.
• Experience with out-of-band or in-band system management and standards such as IPMI, KCS, DMTF Standards (PLDM, MCTP, Redfish, PMBus, NVMe).
• Understanding of REST architecture style, particularly JSON over HTTPS with OAuth.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in C/C++, Bash, Python, Go, for Linux user-space and system programs, with code reviewing expertise.
• Solid Linux fundamentals, experience with various Linux distributions and packages, Linux upgrade mechanisms, building and deploying Linux images.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong work ethics, collaboration capacity, and a commitment to quality and task completion. Self-starter with a passion for solving complex problems.

Ways to Stand Out

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

Benefits

NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. They are committed to a diverse work environment and are an equal opportunity employer.