F5

Senior Manager, Firmware

F5

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San JoseCaliforniaWashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $180,800 - $271,200 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Lead and mentor a team of firmware engineers
  • Drive quarterly and annual planning
  • Establish standards for secure boot, code-signing, and vulnerability remediation
  • Make pragmatic architecture choices for bootloaders and embedded Linux components
  • Define automated build, test, and validation for firmware
  • Partner with MFG and Global Services to define updates strategies
  • Collaborate with various teams to align requirements
  • Define telemetry, detection, and recovery strategies for firmware integrity
  • Plan capacity, skill mix, and external partnerships
  • Communicate status, risks, and decisions to leadership

Requirements

  • 6+ years in embedded/firmware engineering
  • 2-3+ years managing or leading a technical team
  • Proven experience with UEFI BIOS
  • Deep knowledge of OpenBMC, IPMI, or Redfish
  • Hands-on experience with C/C++ and low-level debugging
  • Strong background in implementing security protocols and secure boot mechanisms
  • Strong understanding of buses/protocols and memory/storage
  • Proficiency with tools such as Git, GDB and JTAG
  • Experience shipping products at scale and owning release management
  • Developed strategies for testing and resolving firmware issues across development and production
  • Experience with Arm/x86 platforms, embedded Linux, secure elements, and measured boot pipelines
  • Prior work with factory programming, golden image workflows, and recovery strategies
  • Familiarity with compliance and security standards
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Hard Skills & Tools
embedded engineeringfirmware engineeringUEFI BIOSOpenBMCIPMIRedfishC/C++low-level debuggingsecurity protocolssecure boot
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationplanningrisk managementdecision making