Jabil
Technology
Sr.PrincipalSystemArchitect-OpenBMCFirmware
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“Sr. Principal System Architect - OpenBMC Firmware at Jabil. Skills: OpenBMC Firmware, System Architect, BMC Firmware, Firmware Design. Demonstrate expertise in OpenBMC. Assess technical requirements”
Industry & Context.
Assess project risk
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering, 7+ years’ experience in firmware design and engineering, Expertise in OpenBMC architecture, codebase, repository structure and testing, Extensive experience with Linux, Familiarity with Secure Boot, SPDM, Platform Root of Trust, DICE, and NIST SP 800-193 standards as well as cryptographic algorithms and protocols, High level understanding of best coding practices and source control, Familiarity with the Intel, AMD, Nvidia or ARM CPU/GPU architectures, Ability to translate customer requirements to measurable internal requirements, Capability to research and explore unfamiliar technologies and concepts
Nice to Have
Knowledge of AMI MegaRAC, Familiarity with Aspeed BMC products, Experience with modern BIOS architecture, Fluent in reading block diagrams, Familiarity with system design, Fluency in server management, Understanding of the capabilities of the processor
What You'll Do.
Demonstrate expertise in OpenBMC
Assess technical requirements
Determine competencies needed during quoting
Develop system architectures
Monitor technical direction of designs
Mentor others in organization
Build team members design capability
Advise technology tradeoffs with customers
Discuss technology tradeoffs with product planning
Discuss technology tradeoffs with business development
Establish technical direction for customer projects
Establish technical direction for Jabil cloud compute products
Align to product requirements documents
Manage architectural tradeoffs on cost
Manage architectural tradeoffs on complexity
Manage architectural tradeoffs on schedule
Plan leverage strategy
Collaborate with system architects
Communicate technical direction to development teams
Create Jabil handoff documentation
Stay current on vendor technology capabilities
Architect for industry trends
Deep dive into new areas
Leverage previous engineering experiences
Contribute to architecture methods improvement
Contribute to architecture processes improvement
Breakdown customer requirements
Articulate customer requirements to engineering line items
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Global team; Fellow system architects; Electrical domain architects; Thermal domain architects; BIOS domain architects; Validation domain architects; RAS domain architects; OS domain architects
Communication Scope
Effectively communicate; English
Process & Methodology
Project milestones
Full 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. OpenBMC Firmware System Architects at Jabil collaborates with customers, sales and product planning to establish the technical direction for Jabil design teams in the Cloud, Compute and switching markets. **As a Firmware System Architect, you will be expected to** * Demonstrate a level of expertise in OpenBMC and BMC in general that matches or exceeds the expertise of customers * Assess technical requirements * Determine competencies needed during quoting * Develop system architectures * Monitor the technical direction of designs during product development * Mentor others in the organization to build team members design capability **IN YOUR ROLE YOU WILL** * Advise and discuss technology tradeoffs with customers, product planning and business development * Establish technical direction for customer- originated projects and Jabil's own cloud compute product offerings. Technical direction includes: * Alignment to product requirements documents * Architectural tradeoffs on cost, complexity, and schedule * BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) and BIOS feature management * Leverage, strategy and risk planning * Collaborate with fellow system architects in the electrical, thermal, BIOS, Validation, RAS, and OS domains * Communicate technical direction to Jabil development teams through Jabil handoff documentation * Stay current on vendor technology capabilities in spaces such as CPUs, GPUs, Storage, Memory, FPGAs, MCUs, etc... * Remai
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