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The Project Leadership and Software R&D team, part of the Advanced Compute and Solutions business unit, has a great opportunity for a skilled and motivated R&D firmware engineer interested in providing key contributions in a growing business. In this role, you will design, implement, and validate embedded firmware that enables monitoring, control, and manageability for professional workstation platforms. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams in hardware design, BIOS, operating systems, security, and system validation to deliver robust, high-performance, and secure firmware solutions for cutting-edge platforms.
Responsibilities
System Management Firmware Development:
Design and implement embedded firmware for BMCs, system controllers, and management microcontrollers responsible for hardware telemetry, power management, and remote system control.
Out-of-Band Manageability:
Develop and integrate firmware features that enable remote monitoring, diagnostics, and power control, supporting enterprise-class manageability solutions (e.g., Redfish).
Firmware–Software Integration:
Collaborate with system software teams to interface system management firmware with higher-level management tools, utilities, and orchestration frameworks.
Security & Reliability:
Develop secure firmware update mechanisms, authentication schemes, and system recovery features to protect firmware integrity and ensure continuous uptime.
Hardware Bring-Up & Validation:
Work with hardware engineers to validate new controller designs, debug communication buses (I²C, SPI, UART, SMBus), and tune control algorithms.
Automation & Testing:
Build and maintain test automation frameworks (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) to validate firmware functionality and solution features.
Documentation & Collaboration:
Write detailed technical specifications, API documentation, and release notes; contribute to design reviews and cross-functional technical discussions.
Knowledge & Skills
Required
Knowledge of PC/workstation system architecture (CPU, chipset, memory, peripherals).
Strong C/C++ programming skills
Understanding of clean code principles
Experience with OpenEmbedded, Yocto, microcontrollers, embedded systems or other low-level code.
Experience with debuggers, protocol analyzers, and software development tools.
Knowledge of hardware-software integration and low-level system design.
Familiarity with I²C, SPI, UART, GPIO, and SMBus communication protocols.
Experience with hardware bring-up, firmware debugging, and integration testing.
Test driven development experience
Software security knowledge
Experience with secure firmware update, cryptographic signing, and firmware recovery mechanisms.
Preferred:
Experience developing firmware for BMCs, system controllers, or platform management
Knowledge of Redfish or similar out-of-band management standards.
Familiarity with Linux-based firmware environments and open-source BMC stacks (e.g., OpenBMC).
Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, or Bash for test and automation.
Cross-Org Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a hands-on, investigative mindset.
Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Ability to collaborate across hardware, software, and validation teams.
A passion for building highly reliable, serviceable, and intelligent systems.
Results Oriented
Learning Agility
Customer Centricity
Scope & Impact
Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.
Complexity
Responds to moderately complex issues within established guidelines.
Education & Experience
Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in embedded or firmware engineering, programming, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.
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Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.
The pay range for this role is $105,050 to $161,800 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits:
HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including;
4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
11 paid holidays
Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)
The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Job Posting Expiration Date: 02/01/2026