Firmware Developer

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Your Role and Responsibilities

IBM ISDL Power hypervisor development group is working on virtualization technology that involves firmware design and development for power hypervisor.

The key responsibilities for this role are as following:

• As a Firmware developer, you will develop

  Hypervisor firmware on IBM Power Systems

  .
• Participate in design, implementation, integration & verification of virtualization functions.
• Execute unit test plans and functional tests to verify high-quality code deliverables.
• Perform code reviews with other members of the team.
• Provide code support, debug activities, and issue resolution supporting both internal and external customers.
• Interact with the test team to define test plans, identify, root cause, and resolve defects.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Expertise in

  Firmware design (embedded software)

  and development.
• Expertise in

  C/C++ language, Object-oriented concepts

  .
• Experience in

  embedded device drivers, Linux

  .
• Expertise in

  debugging and root-causing complex firmware issues

  .
• Should be a good team player.
• Should have strong analytical skills.
• Should have good communication skills and be a quick learner.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Knowledge in

  Servers domain, virtualization technology

  is an added advantage.

• Linux kernel, kernel development, multi-thread programming

  .

• C++ design & design patterns/advanced skills

  .
• Knowledge in

  communication protocols

  .
• Skills on

  unit testing, scripting, and automation

  .

• Agile process knowledge

  .
• Experience on tools like

  Jenkins, Git/GitHub, Gerrit

  or other equivalent tools.
• Should have good knowledge of unit testing.