We make the best chips physically possible for the large model needs of frontier labs.
About the role
Design, build, and ship OpenBMC firmware for our custom compute boards, where the BMC manages our in-house AI ASICs — from early bring-up on reference hardware through production deployment Own the Yocto/OpenEmbedded-based build, board port, and device trees (U-Boot and Linux kernel) for our BMC SoC
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of experience in BMC firmware and embedded Linux development, with hands-on OpenBMC experience from board bring-up through production
- Strong C/C++ and solid Python or Bash, deep Linux fundamentals spanning user space, the driver model, and kernel internals
- Proficient with Yocto/OpenEmbedded, U-Boot, and device trees, experience with BMC SoCs such as ASPEED or Nuvoton
- Board bring-up experience with low-level buses and interfaces: I2C/I3C, SPI, eSPI/LPC, SMBus, UART, PCIe, JTAG
- Working knowledge of platform management standards: IPMI/KCS, Redfish, and DMTF protocols (MCTP, PLDM, SPDM)
- Experience with thermal/power management, firmware update mechanisms, and firmware security (secure boot, root of trust, attestation) is a strong plus
More about this role
MatX's mission is to make the world’s best AI models run as efficiently as allowed by physics, bringing the world years ahead in AI quality and availability. MatX is seeking System Software Engineer to join our team as we create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. Successful candidates for these roles will be responsible for delivering performant and functionally accurate silicon for MatX products across compute, memory management. High-speed connectivity and other key technologies.
The MatX host system software team owns everything that makes our AI silicon and systems usable: from Linux kernel drivers up through node and cluster management. The team also co-owns the BMC/OpenBMC firmware stack, with dedicated firmware engineers, so host software and out-of-band management are designed together rather than bolted together. We're looking for self-driven engineers who can take a hardware spec and a register map and just start building — prototype drivers, low-level utilities that talk directly to the chip, daemons, and tooling — with minimal hand-holding. Each engineer on this team has a primary focus area, but ownership of overlapping components is...
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