Insyde Software, one of the world’s leading BIOS and BMC firmware vendors, is looking for a highly motivated Principal Firmware Engineer with a background in firmware development to join our BMC product engineering team. A successful person in this role has excellent communications skills, enjoys a deeply technical environment, and thrives on customer satisfaction.

The Principal Firmware Engineer in our BMC team is responsible for working with customers and internal engineering teams to identify Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware requirements. This person will also work across multiple function teams within Insyde and the customer teams to develop the BMC firmware to the customer's specifications and to resolve challenging technical issues. In addition, this position will involve substantial technical pre-sales activities.

Our desired candidate has experience employing solid software methodologies, firmware design expertise, deep technical knowledge, strong customer communication, and well-developed organizational skills across multiple teams and geographies to ensure on-schedule, high quality, secure firmware.

Must possess the technical proficiency and interpersonal confidence to effectively represent design ideas, complex problem descriptions, and innovative solutions with other developers as well as customer teams.

The candidate should have strong coding, debugging, and troubleshooting skills, with specific experience in BMC firmware development. This position will report to the VP of Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with customers and team members about the firmware requirements and schedules.
• Implement BMC specific features and document the method for customization.
• Debug and validate firmware designs, provide root cause analysis, and resolve bugs.
• Support U.S.-based sales team with technical pre-sales expertise, product presentations and customer evaluations.
• Develop customer-specific SOWs (Statements of Work) to document project requirements and timelines.
• Design and apply patches to source code and drive correct remedial action with a focus on security principles.
• Fix customer reported issues found during the project development, validation and manufacturing phases.
• Maintain and control source code versions across every release or customer projects.
• Manage project tasks and prioritize critical deadlines to ensure customer success.

Required Experience

• Knowledge of commercial BMC SOC such as ASPEED AST2x00
• Proven and demonstrable skill in C, C++ or Java
• Experience with git, Yocto and Jenkins
• Experienced with Linux driver and application development
• Ability to debug and resolve issues spanning multiple subsystems

Desired Experience

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent code documentation and commenting skills.
• Proficient debug and troubleshooting skills.
• Must be able to verbally present concepts in a logical, clear and consistent manner.
• Must be tolerant of the schedule pressures arising from the use of new code on new hardware with inflexible delivery dates.
• Must be able to work day to day with little or no supervision, and be able to remain focused, productive, and goal-oriented in the absence of daily guidance.
• Customer focused and customer driven.

Skill Requirements

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent code documentation and commenting skills.
• Excellent debug and troubleshooting skills.
• Must be able to verbally present concepts in a logical, clear and consistent manner.
• Must be able to write a specification or a Statement of Work that is complete, coherent, and accurate.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Must be tolerant of the schedule pressures arising from the use of new code on new hardware with inflexible delivery dates.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Flexible Spending, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Paid Time Off.

Location

During COVID-19 restrictions this is a remote position working from home. After, we would prefer this position to be done from one of our office locations in Hillsboro, OR or Westborough, MA but a fully remote position will also be considered.

To apply, please send your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to jobs.us@insyde.com.