Firmware Engineer BIOS/UEFI

Hewlett Packard Co.; Spring (TX); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

HP Inc Poland seeks an experienced Firmware Engineer BIOS/UEFI to ensure embedded firmware quality, reliability, and robust design. You will define test plans, review code, and drive improvements with cross-functional teams across hardware, firmware, and QA.

The role emphasizes failure analysis, KPI dashboards, and mentoring junior engineers, blending hands-on debug with process leadership in a fast-paced development environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/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.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive firmware test plans including functional, regression, stress, corner-case, and long-duration tests.
• 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, KPIs, failure rates, and reliability metrics.
• Evaluate failure modes and propose design or process improvements to prevent recurrence.
• Mentor engineers on debugging techniques, quality practices, and reliability analysis.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Driver development

Bootloaders

System architecture

Test automation

Education

BS/MS in Computer/Electrical Engineering or CS

Tools

JTAG/SWD

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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, PowerShell, 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 continuous integration, version control, and quality workflows.The pay range for this role is **$147,050** to **$230,850** USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.**Benefits:**HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:* Health insurance* Dental insurance* Vision insurance* Long term/short term disability insurance* Employee assistance program* Flexible spending account* Life insurance* Generous time off policies, including;* 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure* 11 paid holidays* Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leaveThe compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. 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