Firmware Development Engineer

To stay attuned to Data Center customers evolving needs in the enterprise/cloud server platform, the ability to provide specificCPU microcode and firmware solutions addressing a feature or enhancement request outside the regular product life cycle is paramount.

The xCode Fleet System engineering team engages with our largest customers to understand their technical requirements and helps define and deliver solutions while working with engineering organizations across the company.

Entailing in depth understanding of both the customer operating environment and Intel platform capabilities, the team defines solutions to address targeted enhancements for current products and shape requirements for and influence product/solution architecture of future Intel platforms so that they are better suited to the needs of our definitional customers.

The xCode System Engineering team influences the shaping of future products by significantly contributing to the architecture used across design families and provides multilayered technical expertise for next generation initiatives.

As a Fleet System xCode Development Engineer, you will be part of the Fleet System Engineering team working on key customer requests for new features and servicing in-fleet products, collaborating closely with the architecture, design, and validation teams to solve issues that are fundamental to CPU operation at enterprise/cloud scale.

This role brings the best of both SW and HW worlds in architecture, design, debug, and validation and will rely on deep interaction and communication with key technical experts between the customer and Intel design engineering.In this role responsibilities include, although not limited to:

- Work with internal teams within xCode to understand in depth the end-to-end working of telemetry and OOB capabilities across different generations of Intel products.

- Contribute to customer facing material and presentations. Working on customer specific information requests and technical deep dives- Understand customer requirements and work with internal teams at Intel to incorporate customer feedback in defining features and roadmaps.

- Architect, design, implement and drive proof of concepts for features that can provide optimizations, TCO improvement and better debuggability for cloud customers.- Debug, root cause and fix issue seen by customers in the fleet

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:- Bachelors' or Masters in CS, EECS, ECE, or related computing discipline with minimum 4+ years' experience in the following:

- Software/firmware development, high-performance, super-scalar CPU microarchitecture, server SOC and platform architecture.

- Deep understanding of Cloud/Enterprise Server Platform design and architecture. Understanding of Cloud/Enterprise Server Platform and Intel Silicon hardware/software interface.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Understanding of BMC/BIOS, how they work and interact with one another.

- Understanding of x86 Server architecture.

- Understanding of communication interfaces and protocols such as PECI, I2C, PCIe, eSPI etc.

- Firmware/embedded software architecture, limitations, firmware update flows etc

- Power and Performance management and optimization

- Linux familiarity and proficiency in at least one programming language C or C++, Assembly Language is a plus.

- CPU microcode expertise.