Senior Firmware & BMC Engineer

Job Type: Fixed-term Contractor
Job Field: Engineering / Technical

About the Role

We’re seeking a highly experienced Senior Firmware & BMC Engineer to build and maintain the firmware and BMC foundation powering the hardware platform and SteadGrid. The role focuses on production-grade embedded Linux/BMC engineering, including OpenBMC, secure boot, hardware debugging, power control, and telemetry.

Key Responsibilities

• Reproduce and maintain OpenSBI, U-Boot, OpenBMC, and RK3588 builds.
• Integrate secure boot, firmware updates, signing, rollback, and recovery mechanisms.
• Implement BMC-to-K3 node lifecycle and per-node power-control interfaces.
• Support operating-state semantics, telemetry confirmation, and safe fallback.
• Work with Redfish, bmcweb, entity-manager, and sdbusplus where required.
• Build logging, health monitoring, telemetry, and firmware update mechanisms.
• Support factory flashing and provisioning workflows.
• Develop automated and hardware-in-the-loop tests.
• Produce technical documentation, release notes, and knowledge-transfer materials.

Requirements

• 7+ years of embedded firmware/embedded Linux experience.
• Strong OpenBMC experience preferred.
• Deep knowledge of Linux BMC/IPMI/Redfish, Yocto, and C/C++.
• Experience with OpenSBI, U-Boot, secure boot, firmware updates, and recovery.
• Hardware debugging and production flashing/provisioning experience.
• Experience with BMC-to-host power and telemetry control.

Role Details

• Contract Duration: 15 October – 14 December 2026
• Extension: Optional
• Travel: Short Lagos/China travel only if essential
• International Talent: Expatriates and professionals based outside Nigeria, including Nigerians abroad, can apply.

How to Apply

📧 Apply via: [email protected]
Subject: Senior Firmware & BMC Engineer