--- title: 'Senior Staff Software Engineer, Founding BMC at Crusoe' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-founding-bmc-crusoe-sunnyvale-kb7tz6tzjhgk' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-06' --- # Senior Staff Software Engineer, Founding BMC at Crusoe - **Company:** [Crusoe](https://feeny.ai/companies/crusoe) - **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA / United States - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-07-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/crusoe/dbc41e5c-97be-4859-9bca-2b2bfb41fa00 ## Job description Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. ## About This Role As Crusoe Cloud expands across new GPU and CPU server platforms, we're investing deeply in the firmware that underpins fleet reliability, security, and operability — and we're hiring a founding engineer to lead our BMC firmware work. You'll set the technical direction for BMC firmware across Crusoe's server platforms and drive the work end-to-end: architecture, platform bring-up, release engineering, fleet reliability, and security. You'll lead the BMC engineering relationship with our ODM and OEM partners and hire, mentor, and scale the team behind this work. You should be equally comfortable reading schematics, debugging host interfaces, reviewing a partner's pull request, and presenting BMC roadmap tradeoffs to leadership. ## What You'll Own BMC firmware and platform bring-up - Define Crusoe's BMC architecture and stack strategy across current and future platforms. - Lead BMC bring-up on new server platforms — kernel, U-Boot, device tree, sensor management, fan and thermal control, power sequencing, host interfaces — working with partner engineering teams from schematics and hardware design docs. - Own the BMC build, CI/CD, signing, and release pipeline end-to-end. - Drive BMC security architecture: secure boot, root of trust, attestation, SPDM, signed update flows, firmware resiliency, and response to firmware CVEs. ODM/OEM engineering partnership - Lead the BMC technical relationship with ODM and OEM partners — setting direction, aligning on scope, and shipping firmware Crusoe is proud of. - Author and own the BMC sections of platform requirements; drive architecture reviews and technical deep-dives with partner engineering teams. - Drive prototyping, qualification, and production readiness of BMC firmware on new platforms, working together with partner engineering teams to hit Crusoe's technical bar. Production reliability and fleet operations - Build out BMC-driven telemetry and observability — sensor, power, thermal, and RAS data flowing into Crusoe Cloud's ops and SRE stack — so the BMC layer is a first-class source of platform truth. - Partner with platform and production teams to investigate and resolve systemic BMC issues surfaced from the fleet. - Define SLOs and update/rollback strategy for BMC firmware across a growing fleet. ## Team building - Hire and grow the BMC team — defining the team shape, recruiting firmware engineers, and setting the engineering standards the team will scale on. - Provide data-driven input into Crusoe's hardware roadmap, platform selection, and reliability investments. ## What You'll Bring Required - 8+ years of firmware engineering, with deep hands-on BMC experience. - Hands-on expertise with at least one production BMC stack (OpenBMC, AMI MegaRAC, or equivalent), including the embedded Linux, U-Boot, and device tree layers underneath. - Demonstrated experience leading BMC bring-up on new server platforms — working from schematics, I2C/PMBus device maps, GPIO assignments, and platform power sequencing. - Strong C/C++ on embedded Linux; comfortable in Python or shell for automation and tooling. - Deep familiarity with BMC management protocols and standards: IPMI 2.0, Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, and NC-SI. - Hands-on debugging across BMC-to-host interfaces: eSPI, LPC, IPMB, KCS, BT (Block Transfer). - BS/MS in CS, EE, CompE, or equivalent experience. Strongly Preferred - Experience working with ODM/OEM partners on BMC firmware — leading engagements is a plus, but strong technical collaboration counts. - Familiarity with Yocto / BitBake (or equivalent build systems for embedded Linux distributions). - Production experience: BMC firmware you've shipped is running in a fleet today, and you've debugged it there. - BMC security work: secure boot, RoT, DICE, SPDM, attestation, firmware resiliency, or response to a real firmware CVE. - Familiarity with DC-MHS / DC-SCM and current OCP hardware management direction. - Track record of growing a firmware engineering team — hiring, technical mentorship, and setting engineering practices. Bonus - Active OpenBMC contributor or maintainer. - Experience with GPU server platforms (HGX-class systems, GPU baseboard management, NVLink/PCIe topology debug). - Background in host firmware (UEFI/BIOS, coreboot), CPLD, or retimer firmware. Benefits: - Competitive compensation and equity packages - Restricted Stock Units - Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs - Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance - Employer contributions to HSA account - Paid parental leave - Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability - Professional development & tuition reimbursement - Mental health & wellness support - Commuter benefits (parking & transit) - Cell phone stipend - 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary - Volunteer time off - Global travel insurance & emergency assistance - Daily meals allowance - Additional perks & programs specific to location ## Compensation Range Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $237,000 -$288,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation. ## About Crusoe ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Crusoe is an energy-first AI infrastructure company that designs, builds, and operates hyperscale data centers and a cloud platform purpose-built for artificial intelligence workloads. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series E) - **Headquarters**: Denver, Colorado, USA - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Chase Lochmiller and Cully Cavness ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: AI Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Clean Energy - Target customers: Enterprise AI companies, AI-native startups, research institutions, government agencies (B2B) - **Mission**: "Accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence." ## Products & Services - **Crusoe Cloud**: An AI-optimized cloud platform purpose-built for AI workloads, featuring high-performance NVIDIA and AMD compute, accelerated storage, and optimized RDMA networking. Claims to deploy models up to 20x faster and cut costs by up to 81%. - **Crusoe Managed Inference**: A managed AI inference service built with Crusoe's proprietary MemoryAlloy technology, offering best-in-class speed, throughput, and reliability. Features the Crusoe Intelligence Foundry for model selection and API key management. - **AI Data Center Infrastructure**: Vertically integrated design, build, and operation of hyperscale AI factories (e.g., the 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene, TX). Modular, scalable construction for power-hungry AI workloads. - **Crusoe Managed Kubernetes & Slurm**: Managed orchestration services that eliminate operational overhead for customers. - **Crusoe AutoClusters**: Fault-tolerant, managed cluster services for large-scale AI training. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company). - **Key Metric**: Raised over $1.8B+ in total funding (Series E in 2024 was $1B+; Series D in 2024 was $600M; Series C in 2021 was $350M). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: NVIDIA, NYDIG, GE Vernova, Redwood Materials, Tallgrass, AMD. The company has also partnered with leading energy and technology firms to power its data centers. - **Growth Signals**: Divested bitcoin mining business to NYDIG in 2023 to focus exclusively on AI infrastructure; broke ground on the 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene, TX; expanded into Europe with a geothermal/hydro-powered deployment in Iceland; announced 1.8 GW Wyoming data center with Tallgrass; acquired GPU memory optimization startup Atero and established a Tel Aviv office. ## Competitive Advantages - **Energy-First Approach**: The company’s core differentiator is its vertical integration starting from energy sourcing. It uses "environmentally aligned power sources" (wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, natural gas with carbon capture) to power its AI factories, including pioneering technology to convert wasted natural gas into energy. - **Vertical Integration**: Controls the entire stack—from finding innovative energy sources to building and managing hyperscale data centers and operating the cloud platform. - **NVIDIA Partnership**: Close partnership with NVIDIA, providing access to the latest and highest-performance GPU hardware for its cloud and infrastructure. - **Proven Performance**: Claims 99.98% uptime, 100% customer satisfaction score, and significant cost/performance advantages (up to 81% cost reduction). ## Strategic Focus - **Massive Infrastructure Expansion**: Aggressively scaling its data center footprint, with major projects in Abilene, Texas (Stargate) and Wyoming (Tallgrass), and expansion into Europe. - **Deepening AI Cloud**: Continuing to build out its Crusoe Cloud platform with managed services (Kubernetes, Slurm, AutoClusters) to make it easier for AI companies to use their infrastructure. - **Responsible AI**: Emphasizing sustainability and responsible AI governance, as evidenced by achieving ISO 42001 certification and publishing an ESG report. - **Acquisition-led Growth**: Acquired Atero (GPU memory optimization) to enhance its core technology stack. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven**: The company is united by a tangible mission: "Accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence." Employees report high levels of engagement (92% proud to work there per internal survey). - **Massive Growth Trajectory**: Crusoe is at the center of the AI infrastructure boom, building some of the world's most powerful AI factories. For job seekers, this means exposure to cutting-edge technology and the opportunity to scale a company from a startup to an industry leader. - **Culture**: The company values "moving fast and making things," continuous learning, and collective genius. It describes itself as an "AI factory company" that values velocity and impact. - **Work Policy**: Hybrid/Office presence required in most roles. Office locations include: Denver (HQ), San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue, Tulsa, Dublin (Ireland), and Tel Aviv (Israel). - **Benefits**: Competitive compensation & equity, comprehensive health & wellness, mental health resources, retirement plans, paid time off, leave of absence programs, learning & development, volunteer time off, daily meals allowance, and other location-specific perks. - **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on technical excellence, working with large-scale systems, and pioneering new approaches to energy and infrastructure. The company values candidates' "AI fluency" in its hiring process. ## Sources 1. [crusoe.ai](https://www.crusoe.ai/) 2. [crusoe.ai/careers](https://www.crusoe.ai/about/careers) 3. [crusoe.ai/about/culture](https://www.crusoe.ai/about/careers/culture) 4. 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