Lead Firmware Test Automation Engineer

Job Title

Lead Firmware Test Automation Engineer

Role Summary

Lead validation and test-automation efforts for OpenBMC firmware across enterprise server and storage platforms. Architect scalable automation frameworks, establish validation methodologies, drive CI/CD integration, and provide technical leadership across multiple projects and customer programs.

Experience Level

Senior - typically 8+ years in firmware validation, automation, or embedded systems; 5+ years of hands-on BMC/OpenBMC validation and automation experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include defining automation strategy, building validation infrastructure, and coordinating cross-functional validation activities.

• Define and execute OpenBMC automation roadmap and validation strategy.
• Design and implement scalable automation frameworks and reusable libraries.
• Develop and maintain validation plans, automation suites, and test strategies.
• Ensure comprehensive validation coverage: functional, regression, stress, performance, security, compliance, interoperability.
• Integrate automated validation into CI/CD pipelines and improve execution efficiency.
• Develop test infrastructure: automated firmware deployment, provisioning, orchestration, log collection, and reporting.
• Lead defect triage, root-cause analysis, and customer/field issue investigations.
• Mentor and guide automation engineers; establish coding standards and validation best practices.
• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, platform architecture, program teams, and customers on validation requirements and risk mitigation.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Hands-on OpenBMC validation, automation, and debugging experience.
• Expert proficiency in Python and Robot Framework for test-framework development.
• Experience automating and validating Redfish, IPMI, PLDM, MCTP, and SPDM interfaces.
• Understanding of OpenBMC architecture and components (D-Bus, BMCWeb, phosphor services, Entity Manager, Virtual Media, Firmware Update, User Management).
• Experience with AST2500, AST2600, or AST2700 BMC SoC platforms.
• Strong knowledge of server platform architecture and BIOS–BMC interactions (inventory, sensors, power/thermal management).
• Proficient with Linux, shell scripting, networking, system services, and log analysis.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tooling: Jenkins, Git, GitHub/GitLab, Gerrit, and pipeline integration.
• Experience developing automation for firmware deployment, platform provisioning, test execution, log collection, and automated reporting.
• Familiarity with test-management and defect-tracking tools such as JIRA.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills across firmware, software, and hardware integration.

Nice-to-have:

• OpenBMC upstream development or testing experience.
• Experience with enterprise server, storage, or datacenter platforms.
• Familiarity with containerized test environments and infrastructure automation.
• Experience building reusable automation libraries and validation frameworks.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

About the Company

Company: Jabil

Headquarters: St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Global manufacturing services and engineering company that designs and manufactures electronic components, precision mechanical systems, and provides supply-chain, NPI, and contract manufacturing solutions across industries including semiconductor, healthcare, automotive, and consumer electronics.