Principal UEFI Firmware Design Engineer

Arm technology is becoming the platform of choice for compute and AI. The Arm System Engineering team’s mission is to architect, design, and develop server and rack-level infrastructure for at-scale datacenter deployments. The team capabilities span across system hardware, software, system interconnect, system management storage, data center infrastructure and performance engineering. The team responsibilities include customer engagements, technology selection, system design, network architecture, performance, and datacenter deployment & operations.

The Arm System Engineering team is developing industry-leading technology to deliver innovative and high-performing solutions to power the data centers of the future!

We are looking for a Principal UEFI Firmware Design Engineer to lead and drive the development of UEFI firmware across server and rack-scale platforms, primarily targeted for hyperscale data center environments. This role requires deep expertise in UEFI as applied to Servers based on ARM architecture, strong experience with CI/CD development workflows, and a proven track record of collaborating with ODM design partners to deliver high-quality, scalable firmware solutions.

You will play a critical role in shaping the architecture, roadmap, and execution of next-generation platform management firmware.

• Lead the architecture, design, development, and deployment of UEFI-based firmware for hyperscale server and rack management platforms.
• Define and drive BMC feature development to meet hyperscaler requirements for reliability, scale, serviceability, and automation.
• Collaborate closely with ODM partners through all phases of the design and development lifecycle — from concept to mass production—ensuring timely and high-quality firmware deliverables.
• Guide and support integration of UEFI firmware into CI/CD pipelines, including automated builds, regression testing, static analysis, and deployment workflows.
• Design and implement robust and scalable firmware interfaces for platform initialization (CPU, Memory, PCIe and interconnects), system firmware security (RoT, Chain-of-trust, Signed FW updates, Secure Boot, etc.), Server RAS, and firmware update infrastructure.
• Partner with hardware, BMC, security, systems, and validation teams to drive alignment across the entire platform stack.
• Lead debug efforts on complex hardware/firmware/system issues in lab and production environments.
• Contribute to the UEFI/EDKII upstream community and drive adoption of industry standards relevant to hyperscale firmware management.
• Prior experience in UEFI development for ARM Servers is a MUST
  . Prior development experience in EDK II codebase is a MUST
  . Prior development experience in AMI Aptio codebase is desired.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in UEFI firmware development, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead engineering role.
• Strong expertise with UEFI, Tiano and related firmware code structures, and system firmware / software design.
• Experience leading UEFI firmware solutions in hyperscale environments (e.g., cloud service providers, large-scale data center infrastructure).
• Proficiency in C/C++, Linux / Windows kernel and userspace development, and scripting languages (Python, Bash).
• Deep knowledge of cache coherency protocols, DDR memory training concepts, PCIe sub-system for storage, networking, graphics controllers and accelerators.
• Solid understanding of server and rack-level hardware architecture (e.g., power delivery, thermal control, FRUs, sensors).
• Knowledge of BIOS-BMC interactions for the purposes of platform initialization, platform RAS, telemetry, firmware updates etc.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions) for firmware development and validation.
• Experience with code static analysis tools and vulnerability scanners.
• Experience with system-level debug tools such as logic analyzers, JTAG, GDB.
• Extensive experience working with and leading ODM/JDM…