Job Description

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

Lead Design Engineer – OpenBMC Firmware

Location/Division: Intelligent Infrastructure, Bengaluru, India

How will you make an impact?

As an OpenBMC Firmware Lead Engineer, you will play a critical role in the design, development, debugging, and verification of OpenBMC firmware solutions for server and storage platforms. You will provide technical leadership across the firmware development lifecycle, from requirements definition and architecture design to implementation, validation, and release.

This position requires a self-motivated engineering leader who can collaborate effectively with customers, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality firmware solutions. The successful candidate will drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, mitigate project risks, and ensure timely execution of development milestones.

As an OpenBMC Firmware Lead Engineer, you will be expected to

• Lead OpenBMC firmware design, development, integration, and debugging activities.
• Define firmware requirements, architecture, and implementation strategies.
• Collaborate with project managers, firmware managers, architects, and stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Drive technical planning, reviews, and risk mitigation activities.
• Develop and execute software verification strategies to ensure product stability and quality.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to firmware development processes and quality.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to meet project objectives and release schedules.

In Your Role You Will

• Support project estimation activities during the RFI/RFQ phase.
• Stay current with industry technologies and development methodologies.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications and implementation details.
• Work with firmware managers, project managers, and development teams to gather requirements and define solutions.
• Design new software features and enhance existing firmware functionality.
• Lead software architecture and design activities based on functional requirements.
• Develop and execute firmware validation and verification plans.
• Investigate, prioritize, and resolve software defects at both module and system levels.
• Lead technical risk identification and mitigation efforts.
• Drive detailed technical planning and execution activities.
• Act as the technical leader for firmware development teams.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers in technical and professional development.
• Promote software process improvements and quality initiatives.
• Demonstrate strong ownership, accountability, and execution excellence.
• Ensure compliance with development processes, security policies, and quality standards.

Job Qualifications & Knowledge Requirements

Technical Knowledge & Skills

• Proficient in most of the following:
• Strong understanding of OpenBMC architecture, development, debugging, and source code customization.
• Hands-on experience with Aspeed BMC SoCs (AST2500/AST2600/AST2700).
• Strong knowledge of Yocto, BitBake, and embedded Linux build systems.
• Experience with OpenBMC platform bring-up and board porting.
• Good understanding of Intel, AMD, and ARM server platforms.
• Working knowledge of IPMI, Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, and SPDM protocols.
• Experience with BMC features such as SDR, SEL, FRU, SOL, IPMB, KCS, PEF, and PECI.
• Strong understanding of Linux kernel, device drivers, IPC, and U-Boot.
• Experience with hardware interfaces including I2C/I3C, SPI, PMBus, LPC, UART, JTAG, GPIO, and SGPIO.
• Hands-on experience with OpenBMC components including D-Bus, Entity Manager, BMCWeb, Phosphor services, Virtual Media, and User Management.
• Knowledge of BIOS-BMC communication and server management architecture.
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and debug firmware-hardware integration issues.
• Experience creating and reviewing firmware requirements, architecture, and design documentation.
• Proven capability to lead feature development, code reviews, and technical discussions.
• Good understanding of firmware development lifecycle, release management, CI/CD, and quality processes.

Non-Technical Knowledge & Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions across global teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Proven ability to assess risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Experience mentoring engineers and fostering technical growth.
• Strong ownership, accountability, and execution focus.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed engineering environment.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience
• Extensive experience in firmware design and development.
• Strong hands-on experience with OpenBMC development and server management technologies.
• Experience leading firmware teams and driving technical initiatives.
• Strong background in embedded Linux and server platform firmware development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

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