Sr. Firmware Engineer
Supermicro29 days ago
Taoyuan, TaiwanSenior
Responsibilities
- Support supplier-led firmware development for direct liquid cooling and other liquid cooling products, initially focusing on the next-generation in-rack CDU.
- Translate control and protection requirements into firmware specifications and coordinate firmware requirements and development plans with suppliers.
- Track supplier schedules, milestones, deliverables, delays, and open issues.
- Manage firmware versions, release notes, known issues, defects, and corrective actions through closure.
- Translate customer and internal requirements into supplier tasks, acceptance criteria, and validation plans.
- Support commissioning documentation and procedures related to firmware settings, alarms, interfaces, CDU startup, and operation.
- Coordinate and validate supplier-developed firmware; hands-on firmware coding is not required.
Requirements
- Experience with firmware, embedded systems, server BMC, or firmware project coordination or management.
- Working knowledge of BMC/OpenBMC and interfaces such as Redfish, SNMP, REST APIs, and Web UI, with the ability to review specifications, logs, and test results.
- Ability to define and verify control behavior, alarms, interlocks, and protection requirements with thermal and hardware engineers.
- Strong communication and documentation skills for working with suppliers, customers, and cross-functional teams in English.
- A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science is preferred; a master's degree is strongly desirable.
- A minimum of three years of firmware development experience is preferred.
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About Supermicro
Supermicro designs and manufactures servers, storage systems, GPU platforms, and rack-scale datacenter hardware for enterprises, cloud providers, AI/HPC, and telecom/edge deployments. Its business centers on configurable building-block systems sold directly and through channel partners, plus motherboards, enclosures, and embedded/IoT solutions. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Supermicro is a public company trading on NASDAQ under the ticker SMCI.