Senior Principal Firmware Engineer (OCI)

Description

Seeking a senior staff-level engineer with expertise in datacenter platform firmware. This role
requires working across product infrastructure security and platform teams both within and external
to the company in a highly matrixed environment. You will be deeply hands-on and will be required
to own developing prototype firmware in early stages of the product.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Design develop prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86 and/or ARM platforms.
• Review BMC firmware to ensure that it matches with the needs of target platform (sensors platform routing security)
• Comprehend interaction of all firmware in the DC rack
• Develop and enhance BMC firmware to add DC specific enhancements to standard firmware package
• Contribute and extend Open-source platform management stacks such as OpenBMC
• Integrate platform management interfaces such as Redfish IPMI PLDM
• Collaborate with Silicon vendors on reference code firmware updates and firmware enablement.
• Ensure that Firmware meets OCIs requirements for security DC deployability availability
• Ensure vendor firmware update mechanisms meet OCI requirements.
• Mentor engineers participate in design reviews and define standards for maintainable supportable production-grade firmware across teams.

Basic Qualifications

• 10 years of firmware engineering experience including senior/staff-level ownership of production systems.
• Knowledge of secure boot TPM measured boot and hardware root of trust
• Handson firmware engineering skills in BIOS BMC FW or other platform firmware in server specific areas
• Strong communication skills technical judgment and ability to lead across teams without direct reporting authority.
• Knowledge of server firmware stacks such as EDKII OpenBMC
• Understanding of firmware standards such as UEFI IPMI Redfish
• Understanding of server platform standards such as PLDM ACPI PCIe
• Understanding of server power management thermal management telemetry
• Exposure to NIC firmware GPU firmware and storage firmware
• Experience working on vendor silicon platform of one or more vendors (Intel AMD ARM ASPEED )

Qualifications
Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements such as immunization/occupational health mandates and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96800 to $306400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus equity and compensation deferral.


Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience market conditions and locations as well as reflect Oracles differing products industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical dental and vision insurance including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC5