Principal Firmware Engineer at Oracle
Atlanta, GA
$114,600–$234,600from the description
Jul 25, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior firmware engineering role focused on datacenter platform firmware, spanning BIOS/UEFI design and prototyping for x86 and ARM servers, BMC firmware development, and integration of platform management interfaces such as Redfish and IPMI. The position involves contributing to open-source stacks like OpenBMC, collaborating with silicon vendors, and setting firmware standards across cross-functional teams. Suits a deeply hands-on engineer with broad server firmware experience who can also mentor others and lead without direct authority.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting is titled 'senior staff-level engineer' — a hybrid phrasing. The advertised level is read as Staff from the explicit 'staff-level' framing; however, the actual requirements (10+ years, deep hands-on ownership of a single firmware domain) are consistent with a Senior IC rather than a true cross-org Staff role.
Career Level IC4 is Oracle's internal band, which typically maps to Senior/Staff IC; this is consistent with the Senior seniority assessment.
No specific work location is stated beyond 'US'; the CBSA and state fields are left blank. The compensation range is described as US-wide.
x86 and ARM are listed as alternative target platforms ('x86 and/or ARM'); ARM is captured as an alternative to x86.
NIC firmware, GPU firmware, and storage firmware appear under 'Exposure to…' — a softer qualifier — and are marked preferred accordingly.
Measured boot and hardware root of trust are security concepts co-listed with TPM and Secure Boot; they name no distinct standalone tool and are covered by those skill entries rather than emitted as separate generic concepts.
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