Lead Principal Systems Software Engineer

Role Overview

You will bring up and harden Oracle Linux on ARM, Intel, and AMD-based platforms; develop secure, production-ready images, and OS/firmware-update solutions; help establish the technical foundation for scalable robotic deployments.

You will bring up and harden Oracle Linux on ARM, Intel, and AMD-based platforms; develop secure, production-ready images, and OS/firmware-update solutions; help establish the technical foundation for scalable robotic deployments.

This role works closely with product, infrastructure, security, hardware, and platform teams, as well as external silicon and hardware vendors. You will be deeply hands-on, owning early prototypes through production-ready platform software and technical standards.

This role works closely with product, infrastructure, security, hardware, and platform teams, as well as external silicon and hardware vendors. You will be deeply hands-on, owning early prototypes through production-ready platform software and technical standards.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Make Oracle Linux work on various embedded platforms (ARM, Intel, AMD). Knoweldge of ISA and chipsets is key. Contribute and extend open-source software in: Linux kernel, uboot, ATF. Design and develop images for these platforms. Collaborate with silicon vendors on reference code, firmware updates, and firmware enablement. Ensure vendors firmware update mechanisms meet OCI requirements. Ensure that solutions meet OCI’s requirements for security, DC deployability, availability Mentor engineers participate in design reviews, and define standards for maintainable, supportable, production-grade firmware across teams.

Make Oracle Linux work on various embedded platforms (ARM, Intel, AMD). Knoweldge of ISA and chipsets is key.

• Make Oracle Linux work on various embedded platforms (ARM, Intel, AMD). Knoweldge of ISA and chipsets is key.

Make Oracle Linux work on various embedded platforms (ARM, Intel, AMD). Knoweldge of ISA and chipsets is key.

Contribute and extend open-source software in: Linux kernel, uboot, ATF.

• Contribute and extend open-source software in: Linux kernel, uboot, ATF.

Contribute and extend open-source software in: Linux kernel, uboot, ATF.

Design and develop images for these platforms.

• Design and develop images for these platforms.

Design and develop images for these platforms.

Collaborate with silicon vendors on reference code, firmware updates, and firmware enablement.

• Collaborate with silicon vendors on reference code, firmware updates, and firmware enablement.

Collaborate with silicon vendors on reference code, firmware updates, and firmware enablement.

Ensure vendors firmware update mechanisms meet OCI requirements.

• Ensure vendors firmware update mechanisms meet OCI requirements.

Ensure vendors firmware update mechanisms meet OCI requirements.

Ensure that solutions meet OCI’s requirements for security, DC deployability, availability

• Ensure that solutions meet OCI’s requirements for security, DC deployability, availability

Ensure that solutions meet OCI’s requirements for security, DC deployability, availability

Mentor engineers participate in design reviews, and define standards for maintainable, supportable, production-grade firmware across teams.

• Mentor engineers participate in design reviews, and define standards for maintainable, supportable, production-grade firmware across teams.

Mentor engineers participate in design reviews, and define standards for maintainable, supportable, production-grade firmware across teams.

• Contribute to architectural direction for system software and management paradigms across server, storage, networking, and GPU subsystems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
• Drive the definition and evolution of hardware provisioning solutions for next-generation hardware platforms, leading cross-functional efforts spanning engineering, operations, and global data centers.
• Lead the integration of system firmware with emerging hardware, collaborating with silicon, board, and firmware teams to ensure seamless bring-up and sustained operability.
• Partner with internal and external engineering, security, and vendor teams to deliver continuous improvements in performance, security, and diagnosability of system platforms and provisioning workflows.
• Lead or oversee the analysis of high-impact hardware provisioning and systems software failures, developing systemic engineering and process improvements for large-scale cloud fleets.
• Mentor engineers across teams, championing best practices in systems integration, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Leads project initiatives to design software solutions and identify and analyze requirements. Writes and defines foundational code for new projects or prototypes.
• Adheres to and improves execution of all phases of the software development lifecycle; coaches engineers across teams or units to drive improvements.
• Acts as a subject matter expert within the organization to develop and guide new software features and enhancements following design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and develops documents to clarify software design and code.
• Leads process, architecture, and code reviews across projects and/or products/services to drive improvements.
• Utilizes modern/emerging technologies to conduct debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix highly complex software issues.
• Leads strategic initiatives to optimize software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging.
• Encourages innovation, research, and relevant industry practices to optimize performance across products and domains.
• Resolves and may troubleshoot highly complex and systematic issues requiring innovation related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration.
• Implements innovative API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.

Contribute to architectural direction for system software and management paradigms across server, storage, networking, and GPU subsystems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.

Drive the definition and evolution of hardware provisioning solutions for next-generation hardware platforms, leading cross-functional efforts spanning engineering, operations, and global data centers.

Lead the integration of system firmware with emerging hardware, collaborating with silicon, board, and firmware teams to ensure seamless bring-up and sustained operability.

Partner with internal and external engineering, security, and vendor teams to deliver continuous improvements in performance, security, and diagnosability of system platforms and provisioning workflows.

Lead or oversee the analysis of high-impact hardware provisioning and systems software failures, developing systemic engineering and process improvements for large-scale cloud fleets.

Mentor engineers across teams, championing best practices in systems integration, reliability, and operational excellence.

Leads project initiatives to design software solutions and identify and analyze requirements. Writes and defines foundational code for new projects or prototypes.

Adheres to and improves execution of all phases of the software development lifecycle; coaches engineers across teams or units to drive improvements.

Acts as a subject matter expert within the organization to develop and guide new software features and enhancements following design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and develops documents to clarify software design and code.

Leads process, architecture, and code reviews across projects and/or products/services to drive improvements.

Utilizes modern/emerging technologies to conduct debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix highly complex software issues.

Leads strategic initiatives to optimize software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging.

Encourages innovation, research, and relevant industry practices to optimize performance across products and domains.

Resolves and may troubleshoot highly complex and systematic issues requiring innovation related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration.

Implements innovative API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.

Requirements & Qualifications

Career Level - IC5

Application Instructions

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