Firmware Engineer BIOS​/UEFI

Firmware Engineer BIOS/UEFI
** Description
- ** The Firmware Engineer is responsible for ensuring that embedded firmware meets the highest standards of quality, robustness, and long-term reliability. This role works closely with firmware developers, hardware engineers, architecture teams, QA, and cross-functional partners to define quality metrics, validate system behavior, improve defect detection, and build processes that prevent regressions.
** Responsibilities
* ** Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive firmware test plans, including functional, regression, stress, corner-case, and long-duration reliability tests.

- - - Evaluates the firmware architecture, design and development plus testing methodologies to create strategy and implement methods to bring increased quality and reliability to the firmware.
* Reviews firmware code and test plans including functional, regression, stress, corner-case and long-duration reliability tests.
* Perform root-cause analysis for firmware defects, drive containment, corrective actions, and verification of fixes.
* Create and manage quality dashboards, KPI, failure rates, and reliability metrics.
* Evaluate failure modes exposed during design, development, manufacturing and field use; propose design or process improvements to prevent recurrence.
* Works with product architects, firmware teams, product managers and provides critical guidance, system-level debugging and troubleshooting to various teams, as a Subject Matter Expert.
* Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with systems design and development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.
* Create and manage
** quality dashboards**, KPIs, failure rates, and reliability metrics. Validate firmware integration with hardware, BIOS/UEFI, EC, microcontrollers, sensors, and platform-level components.
* Evaluate failure modes exposed during development, manufacturing, and field use; propose design or process improvements to prevent recurrence.
* Manages and expands relationships with internal and outsourced development partners on firmware design and development.
* Drives innovation and integration of new technologies into projects and activities in the firmware design organization.
* Mentors less-experienced software firmware engineers and help guide them to successful deliverables.###
** Firmware Architecture & Process Improvements
*** Participate in
** firmware architecture reviews**, ensuring quality and reliability considerations are incorporated into design (aligned with internal FW Architecture Review practices).
* Advocate and enforce coding standards, testability guidelines, and quality processes across firmware teams.
* Identify opportunities for simplification, refactoring, or architectural improvements to enhance stability and resilience.
* Collaborate with FW architects on quality initiatives (e.g., error-code frameworks, BCR processes, customer-centric diagnostics).
** Cross-Functional Collaboration
*** Work closely with hardware engineers, firmware developers, QA, sustaining teams, ODM partners, and integration teams.
* Provide quality feedback in design reviews, program meetings, and cross-partner syncs.
* Support bring-up, validation, platform qualification, and key program milestones.
* Mentor engineers on debugging techniques, quality practices, and reliability analysis.
** Risk Management & Compliance
*** Ensure firmware processes comply with internal governance, standards, and security guidelines.
* Identify risks early and drive mitigation plans.
* Support audits, internal reviews, and quality assessments.
**** Education & Experience
** Recommended
* ** Bachelor's or Master's degree in
** Computer Engineering**,
** Electrical Engineering**,
** Computer Science**, or equivalent.
* 10+ years of experience in
** embedded firmware**,
** quality engineering**,
** hardware/firmware debugging**, or
** reliability engineering**.
* Background in embedded systems, microcontrollers, low-level debugging, and system architecture.######
** Technical Skills
*** Strong understanding of embedded firmware development (C/C++), driver development, bootloaders, EC/BIOS/UEFI fundamentals.
* Proficiency in test automation, scripting (Python, Perl, Power Shell, etc.), and testing tools.
* Ability to analyze failures across hardware, firmware, and system boundaries.
* Experience with JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other debug tools.
* Familiarity with…