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Senior Software and Firmware Architect, Host Management
Not specifiedFull-timeSoftware ArchitectureComputer Hardware
Develop architecture for host management software and firmware across networking platforms. Translate platform needs into scalable technical solutions and provide architectural direction across engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Define host management software and firmware architecture across networking platforms.
- Design system flows across host software, embedded firmware, BMC, device firmware, and hardware interfaces.
- Guide architecture for telemetry, recovery, power management, module management, firmware updates, and control protocols.
- Translate product, customer, and platform needs into technical specifications and implementation plans.
- Coordinate with software, firmware, hardware, validation, program, architecture, and customer-facing teams.
- Provide technical leadership to engineers delivering complex cross-domain features.
- Own architecture documentation and communicate technical direction to engineering teams and leadership.
Requirements
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- At least 12 years of experience in system software, firmware, embedded systems, platform management, or networking systems.
- Strong experience in software and firmware architecture for complex systems.
- Knowledge of firmware, embedded software, Linux, BMC, host interfaces, and system-level debugging.
- Experience with protocols or technologies such as PLDM, MCTP, NC-SI, PCIe, I2C, USB, CMIS, Ethernet, InfiniBand, or NVLink.
- Strong communication skills and experience writing architecture documents, specifications, and technical proposals.
Nice to have
- Experience with networking products, DPUs, NICs, switches, or hyperscale data center platforms.
- Background in host management, BMC architecture, platform firmware, monitoring, system restoration, power or thermal management, or module management.
- Experience defining software and firmware interfaces across large programs.
- Hands-on experience with bring-up, validation, production debugging, or customer issue resolution.
- Experience leading architecture from initial definition through product delivery.