Lead BIOS Design Engineer

Description

The company provides engineering, supply chain and manufacturing services to large global brands, with 60 years in the business and over 100 sites worldwide.

The role is for a lead BIOS developer who owns BIOS/UEFI development and platform integration on complex hardware programs, guiding firmware features through debug, performance work and readiness for validation, manufacturing and customer delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead BIOS/UEFI firmware development, subsystem enablement and integration across one or more product platforms.
• Set the implementation approach for BIOS features so they fit the platform architecture, system requirements and release plans.
• Lead the investigation and fixing of complex firmware and system problems found during bring-up, validation or customer escalations.
• Lead readiness for BIOS validation, along with tuning and optimization to improve stability, functionality and performance.
• Work with electrical, BMC, systems, validation and other engineering teams to resolve issues that cross domains and to agree on release decisions.
• Oversee firmware quality, including issue tracking, regression coverage, support for code reviews and disciplined releases.
• Coach junior engineers and help build shared methods, reusable code and technical skills across the firmware team.
• Communicate technical direction, trade-offs, milestone status and open risks clearly to leadership and key stakeholders.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering or a related technical field. A master's degree is preferred.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in BIOS, UEFI, embedded firmware or low-level platform software.
• Deep knowledge of firmware architecture, BIOS bring-up, platform initialization and debugging.
• Experience with x86-based compute platforms in servers, storage or networking is required.
• Ability to lead cross-functional problem solving involving firmware, hardware and validation teams.
• Strong coding, debugging and technical communication skills.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical work with limited oversight.

Conditions

Equal opportunity applies; the company welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.