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Hardware Systems Engineer, Hardware Tools / Firmware

Cloudflare Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

€54,000 - 68,000 per year

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Description

Cloudflare's Hardware Team is hiring a Systems Engineer, with a firmware focus, in the U.S. to help deliver the Hardware team's security goals and projects in 2027 & beyond.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and improve OpenBMC firmware Design and develop features based on various industry standards such as OCP and DMTF Standards
  • Engage with vendors & guide them through requirements
  • Design solutions for observability and configurations appropriate for various server subsystems e.g. DIMMs, NICs etc.
  • Partner with teams internally to understand HW security requirements and build a set of features / roadmap for Cloudflare
  • Contribute to building/improving the HW provisioning in HW Lab, especially steps related to BIOS, FW, settings, and HW tools
  • Develop and review requirements/code/tests/design documents
  • Own some of the team's Future FW or HW security tasks / goals and deliver them on time with high quality
  • Build simple, well-defined plans that adapt without accruing additional complexity
  • Act as domain expert in server hardware; collaborate with other teams on defining new server requirements, explain new technologies, and liaise between vendor & internal customers

Requirements

  • Experience developing firmware and/or embedded SW
  • Knowledgeable about servers, enterprise systems, and hardware interfaces
  • Understanding of hardware security for servers
  • Familiarity with Redfish standards
  • Curious and eager to learn
  • Great communication, collaboration, and detail-oriented
  • Can build firmwares from open source codes, build demos & POCs, setup systems & run synthetic tests, and debug complex firmware problems
  • Can create python/bash scripts and edit firmware/driver source code

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Yocto or Buildroot
  • Experience with UEFI development

Compensation

  • For Lisbon based hires: Estimated annual salary of €54,000 - 68,000
  • This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan

Benefits

  • Health & Welfare Benefits: Medical/Rx Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Spending Accounts, Fertility & Family Forming Benefits, On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program, Global Travel Medical Insurance
  • Financial Benefits: Short and Long Term Disability Insurance, Life & Accident Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Stock Participation Plan
  • Time Off: Flexible paid time off, Leave programs

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Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Yocto
  • Buildroot
  • UEFI development

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