Senior Engineer - OpenBMC - United States
Originally posted 31 August 2026 by the employer.
Develop OpenBMC firmware for platforms utilizing MCTP/PLDM/NCSI/NVMe-MI protocols.
About the role
This role involves supporting platform bring-up, feature development, porting, debugging, and integration activities for OpenBMC/BMC firmware.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain OpenBMC firmware features
- Work on porting, migration, integration, and debugging of BMC software
- Analyze upstream changes and port necessary changesets for the platform
- Collaborate with other teams for platform enablement
- Implement and validate support for management protocols and platform interfaces
- Participate in troubleshooting, testing, and release activities
What you'll need
- 5–10 years of experience in OpenBMC/BMC firmware development
- Strong hands-on experience in OpenBMC
- Good understanding of BMC architecture and firmware
- Good knowledge of hardware interfaces such as I2C, I3C, UART, GPIO, PSU, SPI
- Expertise or working knowledge of protocols such as MCTP/PLDM/NCSI/ NVMe-MI
- Familiarity with Yocto-based build environments
- Strong programming skills in C/C++
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Python
- Experience in debugging firmware and hardware interaction issues
- Ability to work closely with platform, hardware, and validation teams
- Understanding of system bring-up, feature development, porting, and issue resolution in OpenBMC environments
Skills: OpenBMC, BMC firmware development, hardware interfaces, MCTP/PLDM/NCSI/NVMe-MI, Yocto
This role has been open 47 days — below the 54-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
730
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$169k
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| Metric | Lattice Semiconductor | All employers we track in this specialty (730 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 46 | 730 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 49 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 39 d | 54 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Skills observed across this category: OpenBMC, BMC firmware development, hardware interfaces, MCTP/PLDM/NCSI/NVMe-MI, Yocto
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 119 open roles · median 52 d
- AMD · 65 open roles · median 36 d
- Micron Technology · 61 open roles · median 86 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 60 d
- Lattice Semiconductor (this employer) · 46 open roles · median 39 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 32 open roles · median 33 d
How we counted: 730 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.