Principal BIOS / Firmware Architect

ZT Systems; Georgetown (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

ZT Systems is seeking a Principal BIOS / Firmware Architect in Georgetown, TX. The role leads the architecture of hyperscale server and rack solutions, collaborating directly with customers and core suppliers to solve complex problems and deliver value.

You will guide internal teams, develop long-term technology strategies, and drive the development lifecycle from concept to production. Strong expertise in BIOS/firmware, BMC, UEFI, security, and server hardware is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of direct industry experience in BIOS/firmware or server architecture.
• Experience with hyperscale server designs and customer-facing technical leadership.
• Strong knowledge of BMC, UEFI, security, RoT, and driver design.

Responsibilities

• Architect hyperscale server and rack designs for customers.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering, management, and business teams.
• Drive system-level architecture specifications and business cases.

Skills

High-speed design

Signal integrity

Power distribution

CPU/GPU architectures

PCIe and fabric knowledge

CXL

BMC security/Root of Trust

Server/networking basics

OS/Driver familiarity

Learning agility

Education

BS in Electrical, CS or Mechanical Eng

MS in Electrical/CS/Mechanical Eng (preferred)

Tools

AMI/OpenBMC

OpenBMC

Redfish

Job description

Principal BIOS / Firmware Architect### Principal BIOS / Firmware ArchitectApply: Georgetown, TX: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R-105433In this position, the Principal BIOS / Firmware Architect will be responsible for architecting Server and Rack level solutions for customers in the Cloud Computing and Hyperscale Industry. The responsibilities for this position include working directly with our customers and core technology suppliers to understand and solve technical problems facing the customer. In addition, the position will include providing technical leadership and guidance to internal Engineering, Management, and Business Teams.**What You Will Do*** Develops long-term hyperscale server technology strategies based on technical and business footprint of the customer.* Drives internal and external integration of system level engineering strategy.* Develops long-term technical relationships with the core technology ecosystem. The relationships should create a technical interface, driving customer requirements into next generation designs.* Identifies and develops differentiation opportunities and drives thought leadership discussions among engineering, customers, business, and management.* Work directly with customers on concept and development of custom hyperscale server and rack designs.* Determine how to solve performance/operational problems and deliver business value through ZT hardware.**What You Bring*** Experience with high-speed design, signal integrity issues, power distribution techniques and x86/ARM/GPU platform architectures.* Experience with implementation of high-speed serial buses and Fabrics (SAS/SATA, PCIe, InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, Ethernet, etc.), high speed Memory Busses (DDR4/DDR5, HBM), and Processor/Accelerator Cache Coherent Links (CXL).* Knowledge of server & rack architecture, system level design, board level design and overall server management.* Strong knowledge of the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) functionality, telemetry, and design for Security/RoT.* Experience with new product development life cycle and driving cross-functional development efforts from concept to planning to development.* Demonstrated ability to create detailed architecture specifications and drive business cases for new products and features.* Strong understanding of network technologies and datacenter network topologies.* **Optional:** Working knowledge of server operating systems including Windows Server and Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE).* **Optional:** Experience with Server Virtualization Solutions (VMware, Citrix or Hyper-V).* **Optional:** Knowledge of software driver implementation, IP schemas and network protocols.* Demonstrated ability to discover, learn, and apply new technologies.**Competencies*** Innovates and develops intellectual property.* Excellent communication, social, commercial and negotiation skills.* Leadership of feasibility studies of system level concepts.* Author technical papers, present at industry forums and participate in industry consortiums.* Drive prototyping or proof of concepts of new technologies.**Education*** BS in Electrical, CS, or Mechanical Engineering* MS in Electrical, CS or Mechanical Engineering (preferred but not required)**Experience*** 10 + years of direct industry experience* System Architect – Server design + Experience in developing server product architectures and carrying through to production. + Experience with server motherboard design + Experience with server chassis layout optimization + Experience with rack-level and data-center design implementation* System Architect – Power design + AC/DC power converter design, System/Rack power budgeting and debug experience + Rack and Data Center Level power infrastructure experience* SW/FW Architect – UEFI FW, BMC FW, OS/Drivers + Experience coding for AMI and/or OpenBMC based BMC FW + Experience with DMTF Redfish + Experience coding for UEFI FW (BIOS) + Experience with industry security protocols, Root of Trust, and design for security + Experience with Operating Systems and Driver design/usage#LI:SL1#ZTSANENG2025!