Senior Firmware Engineer

Job Summary
As a Firmware Engineer you will work as part of a Research and Development team responsible for developing, testing, and debugging Firmware and embedded system software that interface with NetApp storage Operating System. As part of the Firmware R&D team, the overall focus of the group is on competitive market and customer requirements, supportability, technology advances, product quality, product cost and time-to-market. Firmware engineers focus on enhancements to existing products as well as new product development.
This position requires an individual to be creative, a quick learner, driven to produce results and demonstrates the ability to lead teams or projects.
Job Requirements
Essential Functions:
Proven experience in ARM/Intel based Server platform BIOS development.
Experience with various subsystems on Intel x86, AMD x86, ARM architectures and peripherals such as PCIe, SATA, USB, I2C, sensors, SPI, Flash, DRAM.
Development experience in UEFI BIOS/GRUB, Linux secure boot, device drivers / networking stack, memory model on Intel or AMD X86 CPU architectures.
Experience with Linux/POSIX programming and embedded system development.
Experience with build tool/kernel updates.
Platform firmware/UEFI BIOS development and experience in C/C++, Python/Shell programming, Windows and/or Linux OS/Kernel debugging skills.
Platform infrastructure: Device drivers (Ethernet, FPGA drivers, security modules) on Linux systems.
Exposure to AMI or Insyde BIOS is a plus.
Experience reading datasheets / schematics, and developing drivers, ACPI code accordingly.
Debugging skills and experience using various hardware, memory debugging tools like Arium, gdb or Intel tools.
Hands on experience in hardware-firmware co-design and board bring-up experience with SoCs and/or Customer Reference Platforms a plus.
Experience in writing Design and Functional specifications.
Must have effective interpersonal, teamwork, and communication skills in English
Great analysis and problem-solving skills.
Proven record of meeting tight deadlines without sacrificing quality.
Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Agile and Scrum methodology.
Education
A minimum of 7 years of experience is required. 8 to 9 years of experience is preferred.
A Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, a master’s degree, or a PhD; or equivalent experience is required.