Lead Principal Firmware Engineer

Skip to main content. sitemap Profile Sign Out View More Jobs Lead Principal Firmware Engineer Nashville, TN, United StatesUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA, United StatesAustin, TX, United StatesSeattle, WA, United States Job Identification 339080 Job Category Product and Research Posting Date 07/06/2026, 03:26 PM Role Individual Contributor Job Type Regular Employee Does this position require a security clearance? No Years 10+ years Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English Job Description Seeking a senior staff-level engineer with expertise in datacenter platform firmware. This role requires working across product, infrastructure, security and platform teams both within and external to the company in a highly matrixed environment. You will be deeply hands-on and will be required to own developing prototype firmware in early stages of the product. Responsibilities Responsibilities Design, develop prototype BIOS/UEFI firmware for x86 and/or ARM platforms.Review BMC firmware to ensure that it matches with the needs of target platform (sensors, platform routing, security…) Comprehend interaction of all firmware in the DC rack Develop and enhance BMC firmware to add DC specific enhancements to standard firmware package Contribute and extend Open-source platform management stacks such as OpenBMC Integrate platform management interfaces such as Redfish, IPMI, PLDM… Collaborate with Silicon vendors on reference code, firmware updates and firmware enablement.Ensure that Firmware meets OCI’s requirements for security, DC deployability, availability…Ensure vendor firmware update mechanism’s meet OCI requirements. Mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, and define standards for maintainable, supportable, production-grade firmware across teams.  Basic Qualifications 10+ years of firmware engineering experience, including senior/staff-level ownership of production systems. Knowledge of secure boot, TPM, measured boot and hardware root of trust Handson firmware engineering skills in BIOS, BMC FW or other platform firmware in server specific areas Strong communication skills, technical judgment, and ability to lead across teams without direct reporting authority. Knowledge of server firmware stacks such as EDKII, OpenBMC… Understanding of firmware standards such as UEFI, IPMI, Redfish … Understanding of server platform standards such as PLDM, ACPI, PCIe … Understanding of server power management, thermal management, telemetryExposure to NIC firmware, GPU firmware and storage firmware Experience working on vendor silicon platform of one or more vendors (Intel, AMD, ARM, ASPEED … )   Qualifications Disclaimer:Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations onlyUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $146,300 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.Oracle US offers...