What are the responsibilities and job description for the GPU Platform Firmware Developer 3 position at Oracle?
Oracle Hardware Development (OHD) designs and builds industry-leading mission-critical and high performance cloud servers managed by Oracle ILOM.
Our team, GPU Platform ILOM, provides advanced service processor embedded firmware to manage GPU based cloud servers; we are looking for a self-motivated senior principal firmware/embedded software developer who has well-rounded technical skills to join a fast-paced development team. We always work on the advanced x86, GPU, service processor hardware and software. The team works with multiple functional teams inside OHD and across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure teams.
The position is required to develop and triage Oracle ILOM firmware on Oracle NVIDIA GPU hardware. You will be working closely with processor and component vendors as well as other Oracle experts in operating systems, electrical design/validation, diagnostics, and quality engineering. Our engineers participate in every stage from server design, prototyping, development, and debugging through manufacturing and customer support. A Senior Principal Software Engineer should also be able to lead and design advanced server management solutions and frameworks for the latest GPU based servers, and continue to improve RAS capabilities of the servers.
Qualifications:
Disclaimer:Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $79,800 to $178,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
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 a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC3
Responsibilities:
As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. Define specifications for significant new projects and specify, design and develop software according to those specifications. You will perform professional software development tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.
Desired Knowledge and Skills:
- Strong C and Python Programming Language skills.
- Understanding of OS kernel knowledge.
- 5 years in firmware development experience.
- Ability to debug using hardware debuggers, software debuggers, consoles, utilities (system level software simulator).
- Ability to adopt a changing environment.
- Strong in communication.
- Must be a team player and self-starter.
Preferred Knowledge and Skills:
- Demonstrated critical and creative thinking.
- Ability to multitask and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- x86 and ARM architecture and UEFI.
- Working closely with cross functional teams and with geographically distributed teammates toward execution on agreed project milestones and delivery dates.
- Development experience on Linux and Windows.
- Hands-on software development experience in PCIe, SPI, I2C/I3C, IPMI, USB, UART, Ethernet controllers, and MCTP.
- OOB or In-band System Management experience with exposure to standards IPMI, KCS, DMTF Standards (PLDM, MCTP, Redfish, PMBus, NVMe, etc.)
- Hands-on firmware development on X86 or ARM Platforms including thermal management, power management, firmware update, device monitoring, and firmware security.
Salary : $79,800 - $178,100
