BIOS/UEFI Firmware Engineer - Quality & Reliability

HP Inc Poland; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 116,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous paid parental leave

11 paid holidays

Relocation assistance

Job summary

HP, Inc. in Houston is seeking an experienced Firmware Engineer to ensure embedded firmware meets high standards of quality, robustness, and long-term reliability.

You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, QA, and product teams to define metrics, validate behavior, and prevent regressions. Responsibilities include creating robust test plans, code reviews, root-cause analysis, and building dashboards to track quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 7-10 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive firmware test plans, including functional, regression, stress, corner-case, and long-duration reliability tests.
• Evaluate firmware architecture, design and development methods to improve quality and reliability.
• Review firmware code and test plans for quality and reliability.
• Perform root-cause analysis for firmware defects and verify fixes.
• Create and manage quality dashboards, KPI, and reliability metrics.
• Collaborate with product teams and external partners on firmware improvements and integration.

Skills

Embedded firmware

C/C++

Driver development

BIOS/UEFI fundamentals

Low-level debugging

Test automation

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer/Electrical Engineering or CS

Tools

JTAG/SWD

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

HP, Inc. in Houston is seeking an experienced Firmware Engineer to ensure embedded firmware meets high standards of quality, robustness, and long-term reliability.

You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, QA, and product teams to define metrics, validate behavior, and prevent regressions. Responsibilities include creating robust test plans, code reviews, root-cause analysis, and building dashboards to track quality.