Senior Platform Firmware Engineer Seen this week

The Role

You will work at the boundary between hardware and software, owning platform firmware, FPGA logic, board bring-up, system management, and autonomous recovery systems to ensure reliable operation from first power-on through orbital deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain platform firmware and board management infrastructure for advanced compute systems
• Own system bring-up and low-level boot sequencing for custom hardware platforms
• Design and implement FPGA/CPLD logic for power sequencing, reset orchestration, watchdog functionality, and telemetry
• Develop and customize BMC firmware and management stacks using OpenBMC and related technologies
• Implement and maintain platform management interfaces including Redfish and IPMI
• Debug complex hardware/firmware interactions across CPUs, GPUs, PCIe fabrics, and networking devices
• Collaborate closely with hardware, validation, thermal, and systems teams during bring-up and deployment
• Develop fault recovery and autonomous reboot for remote orbital systems
• Support secure boot, firmware update, and system attestation architectures

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in embedded systems, platform firmware, BMC development, or hardware bring-up engineering
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and Python
• Deep understanding of platform initialization and boot architectures
• Strong familiarity with hardware communication interfaces including I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, and JTAG
• Experience debugging hardware/software interactions at board and system level
• Familiarity with FPGA or CPLD development workflows using Xilinx or Altera platforms
• Strong systems-level debugging and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with server platforms, AI infrastructure, or high-performance compute systems
• Familiarity with PCIe initialization and accelerator bring-up
• Experience with remote management and fleet-scale telemetry systems
• Knowledge of secure boot, attestation, and firmware security architectures
• Familiarity with radiation-tolerant or fault-resilient system design

Compensation

Salary: $170,000 to $235,000 annually, based on skills and experience.

Benefits include equity, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), paid time off, 10 paid holidays per year, paid parental leave, relocation assistance, and office lunch and kitchen.

ITAR Requirement

To comply with U.S. export control regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.