Senior Firmware & BMC Engineer

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Senior Firmware & BMC Engineer

📍 Location: Overseas / Remote
Job Type: Fixed-term Contractor
Duration: 15 October – 14 December 2026

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Firmware & BMC Engineer to build and maintain the firmware and BMC foundation powering the hardware platform and SteadGrid. The role focuses on production-grade embedded Linux/BMC engineering, not generic microcontroller development.

Key Responsibilities

• Reproduce and maintain OpenSBI, U-Boot, OpenBMC, and RK3588 builds.
• Integrate secure boot, firmware updates, signing, rollback, and recovery mechanisms.
• Implement BMC-to-K3 node lifecycle and per-node power-control interfaces.
• Support operating-state control at 0/25/50/75/100%, telemetry confirmation, and safe fallback.
• Work with Redfish, bmcweb, entity-manager, and sdbusplus where required.
• Build logging, health monitoring, telemetry, and firmware update mechanisms.
• Support factory flashing and provisioning workflows.
• Develop automated and hardware-in-the-loop tests.
• Prepare technical documentation, release notes, and knowledge-transfer materials.

Requirements

• 7+ years of embedded firmware/embedded Linux experience.
• Strong OpenBMC experience preferred.
• Deep knowledge of Linux BMC/IPMI/Redfish, Yocto, and C/C++.
• Experience with OpenSBI, U-Boot, secure boot, firmware updates, and recovery.
• Experience in hardware debugging, production flashing, and provisioning.
• Experience with BMC-to-host power and telemetry control.

Additional Details

• Travel to Lagos/China only if essential.
• Contract extension is optional.
• Expatriates and professionals based outside Nigeria, including Nigerians abroad, are eligible to apply.

How to Apply

📧 Apply via: Send your CV to HR.Nigeria@escrow-tech.co.uk.
Email Subject: Senior Firmware & BMC Engineer