R&D Senior Engineer Software - USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive, United States
Originally posted 21 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an R&D Senior Engineer Software, you will design, develop, and deliver software and firmware for datacenter-scale solutions. You will own all aspects of design across the product lifecycle, including ZephyrOS/OpenBMC firmware, microcode, device drivers, embedded Linux/Yocto builds, and upper-level control software.
What you'll do
- Own software and firmware designs across the lifecycle, including ZephyrOS/OpenBMC firmware, microcode, device drivers, embedded Linux/Yocto builds, and upper-level control software. - Lead early-stage development, executing silicon, chip, board, and full-system bring-up alongside low-level debugging. - Write software for low-level hardware interfaces and buses including I2C, PMBus, AVSbus, MDIO, PCIe, SPI, USB, and SERDES. - Implement security and boot features such as Secure Boot, u-boot, and Secure Root of Trust (RoT). - Implement management and telemetry protocols using Redfish and DMTF standards such as MCTP, PLDM, and SPDM. - Assist with customer trials, address field issues, and drive system-level validation and automation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in engineering and 5+ years of related experience. - Background developing software in C++/C for multi-processor architectures (x86, ARM), spanning low-level firmware to rack management control software. - Experience with Linux/Yocto, OpenBMC, and/or ZephyrOS. - Proven driver development and low-level silicon debugging expertise through silicon, chip, board, and full-system bring-up. - Hands-on experience developing software for I2C, PMBus, AVSbus, MDIO, PCIe, SPI, USB, and SERDES interfaces. - Experience implementing Secure Boot, u-boot, and Secure Root of Trust (RoT), with familiarity in architectures like Calyptra. - Working knowledge of Redfish and DMTF standards including MCTP, PLDM, and SPDM. - Baseline knowledge of datacenter networking, switching, and NIC architectures.
Skills: ZephyrOS, OpenBMC, device drivers, u-boot, Secure Boot, C++
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 56-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
736
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$169k
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| Metric | Broadcom | All employers we track in this specialty (736 roles · 85 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 736 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 83 | 6296 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 11 d | 56 d (−45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Skills observed across this category: ZephyrOS, OpenBMC, device drivers, u-boot, Secure Boot, C++
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 123 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 63 open roles · median 39 d
- Micron Technology · 63 open roles · median 89 d
- NVIDIA · 54 open roles · median 62 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 48 open roles · median 42 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 30 open roles · median 34 d
How we counted: 736 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 85 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.