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Senior Software/Firmware Engineer- Platform (BMC)

Astera Labs Inc.
Austin, Texas, US
Full-time

Job Description

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The mission of this role is to architect and develop firmware and microcontroller subsystems for Astera Labs’ SoC and systems products.

Firmware is responsible for implementing the major differentiating features of Astera Labs’ products. As such, firmware is considered equally important to the hardware, and the firmware team is often customer-facing accordingly to ensure the needs of the customer are fully comprehended.

Basic qualifications

  • Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. At a minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE or Computer Science is required, and a Master’s is preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC / silicon products for Server, Storage, and / or Networking applications.
  • Experience developing BIOS and BMC software that executes on servers or hosts.
  • Experience and understanding of OS / BIOS interactions with PCIE / CXL endpoints.
  • Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, to plan and prepare for customer meetings in advance, and to work with minimal guidance and supervision.
  • Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!
  • Authorized to work in the US and start immediately.

Required experience

  • Experience with BMC development on any of the standard BMCs associated with x86 processor systems
  • Familiarity with OpenBMC and real-world experience implementing OpenBMC functionality for AIC / PCIE-endpoints.
  • Familiarity with BIOS / Host OS / kernel interactions with respect to the BMC.
  • Experience with MCTP over I2C or PCIE for BMC interactions
  • Experience developing BMC software that interacts through I2C
  • Experience developing handlers for serial devices through BMC (SOL / UART)
  • High level of proficiency in C (preferred) or C++, including familiarity with EDKII.
  • High level of proficiency for automating testing of BIOS.
  • Working knowledge of software build environments, gcc / Make, Doxygen, and GitHub.
  • Hands-on experience with Server, Storage equipment (e.g. NICs).
  • Familiarity with SoC interfaces to common IP blocks such as PCIe Controllers

Preferred experience

  • Experience developing MCTP over I2C / I3C protocols
  • Experience developing MCTP over PCIE
  • Experience with PLDM / SPDM models
  • Familiarity with DMTF standards.
  • Familiarity with RDE and protocol overlay for BMC
  • Experience with PCIE drivers and working knowledge of linux kernel drivers
  • Experience with industry forums and collaboration workgroups such as OCP and OpenBMC

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