Viking Enterprise Solutions has a rich history of leadership in providing storage and storage server platforms to hyperscale and enterprise data centers worldwide. The division leads the market with ultra-high capacity and high-end flash systems. Viking Enterprise Solutions provides advanced data center products including solid-state memory and disk-based storage server appliances, JBOD storage systems and related products for a variety of data center and storage applications. Viking Enterprise Solutions products are tailored for integration into OEM, System Integrator and data center products.
Viking Enterprise Solutions is proud to be part of the Sanmina family. Sanmina is recognized as a technology leader, providing end-to-end design, manufacturing and logistics solutions, maintaining a global footprint of design and manufacturing operations in 23 countries on six continents.
Sr. Firmware Development Engineer
Job Purpose:
The Sr. Firmware Development Engineer will participate in firmware engineering activities for the VES firmware development group in support of cutting-edge data storage products and server product design in Colorado Springs. This person will report to the Firmware Engineering Manager. The successful candidate will participate in storage/server product design, drive the firmware engineering requirements, and participate in the firmware code development activities on BMC/SES. The candidate will also be responsible for supporting field issues related to BMC/SES firmware and engaging with external partners to resolve problems. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of independently completing firmware design document creation, firmware code development, and unit test activities to ship firmware projects on time with good quality.
Nature of Duties:
- Working closely with Storage/Server HW design and firmware architects to provide early input on firmware design requirements.
- Completing high-level design and low-level design documents with firmware architects.
- Providing sizing and schedule on given tasks to the project team.
- Driving the firmware development effort from design, implementation, unit test, HW & FW integration to bug resolution to complete project to GA.
- Participating in firmware code development and code review processes.
- Providing weekly status updates to program management on development status.
- Supporting field application engineers to debug and resolve problems at customer sites.
Education and Experience:
- BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in product design and firmware development in a medium or large global organization.
- Excellent working knowledge of embedded system design.
- Preferred: working knowledge and hands-on experience in BIOS/BMC firmware development.
- Excellent working knowledge of various OS (Linux, Windows, Unix, etc.).
- Experience in Server/Storage system architecture.
- Preferred experience in testing of BMC, BIOS, and SES firmware for storage/server applications.
- Good system hardware/software integration skills.
- Preferred knowledge of SES, BMC, and BIOS testing requirements.
- Good communication skills to interact with external customers and engineering teams.
- Proficient with AMI BIOS customization.
- Experienced in system-level problem debug, problem determination, and finding resolution.
Range: $110,000 - $145,000
Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
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