Firmware Developer

Job Description:

Compute at HPE helps organizations power their edge-to-cloud platform with proven, workload-optimized products, solutions, and services. Our leading supercomputing technologies enable customers to transform and modernize their IT infrastructure, solve complex problems and support new business opportunities with purpose-built infrastructure and software. Join us redefine what’s next for you.

HPE Integrated Lights Out Management is a flagship product in server industry leading embedded server manager for decades. It’s one of the most profitable HPE product raking millions through its licensing revenue. iLO supports the complete lifecycle of all HPE ProLiant servers, from initial deployment to ongoing management and service alerting. As part of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Servers group, this team is responsible for designing and developing iLO manageability firmware.

What you’ll do:

Role Responsibilities:

• Active participation in all activities necessary to take a product from concept to production including Design, Implementation, Testing, etc.
• Contribution to functional specification, defining engineering functional plan
• Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products.
• Interactions with cross functional teams, factory and customer support.
• Contributions include applying intermediate level of subject matter expertise to solve common technical problems. Acts as an informed team member providing analysis of information and recommendations for appropriate action. Works independently within an established framework and with moderate supervision.

What you need to bring:

Core Competencies:

• Strong firmware / System development background with strong C/C++ development/debug skills.
• Strong in Embedded Linux/RTOS programming, OS Internals, memory management, IPC, thread programming and embedded application software development.

• Proficient in software development tools such as IDEs, compilers, debuggers, emulators, source control system and defect/ bug tracking systems.

• Solid understanding of DMTF-REDFISH, Rest Based architecture.

• Good understanding of HTTP/HTTPs, SNMP, IPMI protocols. Experience/exposure to I2C, MCTP, NCSI protocol is a plus.

• The candidate must have experience working with any one of the following AI coding tools: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex or similar.

• They should have working-knowledge of how agentic harnesses and context windows work.

• SThe ability to build custom agents, agent skills and tools with frameworks like MCP are desirable

Other Skills:

• Person should have excellent understanding of Linux/RTOS OS internals and strong development experience. 
• Server manageability experience will be a major plus. 
• Fault tolerant systems and high availability is a plus.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.

Education Qualification:

• A BE/ME (degree in ECE, CE, CS) or MCA with 4+ years of industry experience in System Management software development.

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Personal & Professional Development

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Unconditional Inclusion

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