Senior Staff Software Engineer, Founding BMC

Founding Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead BMC firmware architecture, bring-up, security, and fleet reliability for Crusoe's GPU/CPU server platforms. Requires 8+ years firmware engineering with deep BMC expertise, partner collaboration, and team-building experience.

About the job

What You'll Own

BMC Firmware and Platform Bring-Up

Define Crusoe's BMC architecture and stack strategy across current and future platforms.
Lead BMC bring-up on new server platforms — kernel, U-Boot, device tree, sensor management, fan and thermal control, power sequencing, host interfaces — working with partner engineering teams from schematics and hardware design docs.
Own the BMC build, CI/CD, signing, and release pipeline end-to-end.
Drive BMC security architecture: secure boot, root of trust, attestation, SPDM, signed update flows, firmware resiliency, and response to firmware CVEs.

ODM/OEM Engineering Partnership

Lead the BMC technical relationship with ODM and OEM partners — setting direction, aligning on scope, and shipping firmware Crusoe is proud of.
Author and own the BMC sections of platform requirements; drive architecture reviews and technical deep-dives with partner engineering teams.
Drive prototyping, qualification, and production readiness of BMC firmware on new platforms, working together with partner engineering teams to hit Crusoe's technical bar.

Production Reliability and Fleet Operations

Build out BMC-driven telemetry and observability — sensor, power, thermal, and RAS data flowing into Crusoe Cloud's ops and SRE stack — so the BMC layer is a first-class source of platform truth.
Partner with platform and production teams to investigate and resolve systemic BMC issues surfaced from the fleet.
Define SLOs and update/rollback strategy for BMC firmware across a growing fleet.

Team Building

Hire and grow the BMC team — defining the team shape, recruiting firmware engineers, and setting the engineering standards the team will scale on.
Provide data-driven input into Crusoe's hardware roadmap, platform selection, and reliability investments.

What You'll Bring

Required

8+ years of firmware engineering, with deep hands-on BMC experience.
Hands-on expertise with at least one production BMC stack (OpenBMC, AMI MegaRAC, or equivalent), including the embedded Linux, U-Boot, and device tree layers underneath.
Demonstrated experience leading BMC bring-up on new server platforms — working from schematics, I2C/PMBus device maps, GPIO assignments, and platform power sequencing.
Strong C/C++ on embedded Linux; comfortable in Python or shell for automation and tooling.
Deep familiarity with BMC management protocols and standards: IPMI 2.0, Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, and NC-SI.
Hands-on debugging across BMC-to-host interfaces: eSPI, LPC, IPMB, KCS, BT (Block Transfer).
BS/MS in CS, EE, CompE, or equivalent experience.

Strongly Preferred

Experience working with ODM/OEM partners on BMC firmware — leading engagements is a plus, but strong technical collaboration counts.
Familiarity with Yocto / BitBake (or equivalent build systems for embedded Linux distributions).
Production experience: BMC firmware you've shipped is running in a fleet today, and you've debugged it there.
BMC security work: secure boot, RoT, DICE, SPDM, attestation, firmware resiliency, or response to a real firmware CVE.
Familiarity with DC-MHS / DC-SCM and current OCP hardware management direction.
Track record of growing a firmware engineering team — hiring, technical mentorship, and setting engineering practices.

Bonus

Active OpenBMC contributor or maintainer.
Experience with GPU server platforms (HGX-class systems, GPU baseboard management, NVLink/PCIe topology debug).
Background in host firmware (UEFI/BIOS, coreboot), CPLD, or retimer firmware.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity packages
Restricted Stock Units
Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
Employer contributions to HSA account
Paid parental leave
Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Professional development & tuition reimbursement
Mental health & wellness support
Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
Cell phone stipend
401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
Volunteer time off
Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
Daily meals allowance
Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $237,000 - $288,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.