Open BMC - System Software Developer

Overview:

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Responsibilities:

THE ROLE:

We are seeking a highly motivated OpenBMC Software Engineer to join our Embedded Software team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Embedded Linux, Yocto, OpenBMC, Linux kernel development, BSP customization, and board bring-up activities. The engineer will work closely with hardware, firmware, and platform teams to develop and maintain OpenBMC solutions for next-generation AMD platforms.

Location: Hyderabad, India

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products

• Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts

• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture

• Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies

• Participating in new ASIC and hardware bring ups

• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners

• Develop, customize, and maintain OpenBMC software stacks.

• Develop and debug Linux kernel drivers and user-space applications.

• Perform board bring-up and hardware/software integration.

• Customize Yocto recipes, layers, and build infrastructure.

• Debug boot, networking, storage, and hardware management issues.

• Collaborate with upstream OpenBMC and open-source communities.

• Create technical documentation and support internal/external stakeholders.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++ preferred with 9 to 12 years experience.

• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail

• 9 to 12 experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers.

• Effective communication and problem-solving skills

• 5 to 7 experience to integrate and validate platform management interfaces such as:

  • Redfish
  • IPMI
  • PLDM
  • MCTP

• 9 to 12 Hands-on experience with:

• • Embedded Linux
  • Yocto Project
  • OpenBMC
  • U-Boot
  • Linux Kernel

• 5 to 7 years of experience with board bring-up and BSP development.

• Understanding of hardware interfaces:

  • I2C
  • SPI
  • UART
  • GPIO
  • eSPI
  • PCIe
  • Ethernet

• Proficient with Git/Gerrit and Linux debugging tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ASPEED, ARM-based SoCs, or AMD Adaptive SoCs.
• Familiarity with secure boot, firmware update mechanisms, and BMC security.
• Experience contributing to upstream projects.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

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Qualifications:

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.