Embedded Software Engineer, Systems Engineering
Pure StorageSanta Clara, California
Full Time
Posted October 22, 2025
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Job Description
A Platform Software Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and testing system software for data storage hardware platforms, including hardware bring-up, debugging, security features, and hardware-software integration in a collaborative team environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test system software for new hardware platforms
- Plan and influence the lifecycle of hardware platforms from bring-up to deployment and upgrades
- Debug complex hardware and firmware issues across various components using lab tools
- Design and implement remote server management capabilities and enhance RAS features
- Develop and implement low-level security features such as Secure Boot, Root of Trust, and TPM 2.0
- Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to define specifications and ensure hardware-software integration
- Work closely with hardware engineers, system architects, and OS developers throughout the development process
Requirements
- Experience as a Platform Software Engineer working on designing, developing, and testing system software functionality for hardware platforms.
- Ability to participate in the full lifecycle of new hardware platforms, including early bring-up, manufacturing release, deployment, upgrades, and fleet-level reliability.
- Experience working closely with hardware engineers, system architects, and operating system developers to define specifications, review designs, and ensure seamless hardware-software integration.
- Proficiency in debugging complex hardware firmware issues across x86, PCIe, NVMe, and networking using lab tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and kernel driver traces.
- Experience working on problems ranging from design and bring-up to deployment, upgrades, and reliability of hardware platforms.
- Design, implement, and improve remote server management capabilities using standards like Redfish and enhance Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features.
- Develop and implement low-level security features such as Secure Boot, hardware Root of Trust (RoT), and TPM 2.0.
- Design, write, and maintain software components in C, C++, Python, Golang, and RUST.
- Experience collaborating with vendors on requirements specification and following through to system delivery.
- Hands-on experience with hardware platforms, including design requirements feedback, system-level debugging, customer delivery, and support.
- Experience with most or all of CPU architectures, BMC firmware, OpenBMC or equivalent, and management protocols such as Redfish and IPMI.
- Experience with BIOS/UEFI development or debugging is preferred.
- Solid Linux skills, including working with kernel logs, drivers, bootloaders, and root cause analysis across hardware, firmware, and OS boundaries.
- Preferred educational background of B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in C, C++ (object-oriented design, C11 and onwards), and strong Python skills for build, test automation, and lab tooling.
- Experience with Golang and RUST is desirable.
- Strong interest in CPU architecture and data center hardware.
- Experience with hardware platforms, including design feedback, bring-up, system-level debugging, customer delivery, and support.
- Experience with management protocols such as Redfish and IPMI, and with BMC firmware, OpenBMC or equivalent.
- Experience with BIOS/UEFI development or debugging is preferred.
- Good verbal communication and collaboration skills.
Benefits & Perks
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
Recognition as a Fortune's Best Large Workplace in the Bay Area
Recognition as a Fortune's Best Workplace for Millennials
Certification as a Great Place to Work
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