Sr Optical Transceiver Firmware Engineer

Job Req ID: 30165 About Supermicro: Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.   Job Summary: Supermicro is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Sr Optical Transceiver Firmware Engineer to develop embedded software and firmware for cutting-edge 800G, 1.6T, and future-generation optical transceiver modules. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the firmware infrastructure that enables module control, diagnostics, monitoring, configuration, and host communication for high-speed optical networking products used in AI, cloud, hyperscale, and data center environments. You will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams across hardware, optics, systems, and manufacturing to develop next-generation optical transceiver solutions. This includes partnering with optical architects, electrical and signal integrity engineers, ASIC/FPGA teams, manufacturing engineers, validation engineers, and system software developers to define and implement module functionality that meets aggressive performance, power, reliability, and interoperability requirements. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Design, develop, test, and debug embedded firmware for advanced optical transceiver platforms, including QSFP-DD, OSFP, OSFP-XD, and future high-speed module form factors. Implement and maintain firmware features supporting industry-standard management interfaces and protocols, including: CMIS, I²C, MDIO, SPI, and PMBus Develop firmware for: Module initialization and control Optical diagnostics and telemetry Digital diagnostics monitoring (DDM) Alarm and warning management Thermal and power management Fault detection and recovery Define firmware architecture, requirements, and design specifications in collaboration with optical, electrical, mechanical, and system engineering teams. Develop manufacturing and validation firmware features to support calibration, characterization, testing, and production qualification. Create and maintain automation tools, scripts, and test frameworks to improve validation efficiency and ensure standards compliance. Support interoperability testing with networking equipment from major switch, NIC, and system vendors. Work closely with manufacturing and operations teams to enable efficient production testing, firmware programming, field upgrades, and yield improvement initiatives. Analyze and optimize firmware performance, reliability, security, and power…