Principal BIOS & HPC Firmware Engineer (Onsite)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company in

Spring (TX)

On-site

USD 152,000 - 349,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal BIOS Embedded Software Engineer (Finance) to design, develop, troubleshoot BIOS and platform firmware for high‑performance computing products. You will work close to hardware, including processor initialization, chipset, and board bring‑up, with emphasis on reliability and platform integration.

The role involves cross‑functional collaboration, debugging, and leading firmware efforts across subsystems, with mentorship to less experienced engineers

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent.
Minimum 15 years of experience in embedded software development.
Minimum 10 years of experience in BIOS development.
Expertise with software systems design tools and programming languages used in platform firmware development, including C and C++.
Expertise with BIOS technologies across multiple processor families, chipsets, and platform architectures.
Expertise with UEFI firmware development, including platform initialization, driver development, debugging, and integration.
Experience porting BIOS from a third-party vendor implementation to a proprietary platform.
Experience with AMD, Nvidia or Intel
Experience with Linux development environments, build tools, scripting, and firmware debug workflows.
Strong analytical, assessment, and problem-solving skills, especially for complex hardware, firmware, and system integration issues.
Experience designing software systems that run across multiple platform types and hardware configurations.
Experience with firmware testing methodologies, including test-plan creation, debug workflows, automation, test scripts, and tools.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical issues, tradeoffs, and recommendations in English.
Ability to communicate product architectures, firmware design proposals, technical tradeoffs, and recommended options effectively with engineering teams and management.

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, and maintains BIOS enhancements, updates, and programming changes for server and high-performance computing platforms.
Assesses design, coding, integration, and validation activities based on product goals, platform architecture, hardware dependencies, and firmware requirements.
Writes and executes test plans, protocols, and documentation for assigned BIOS and platform-firmware areas; identifies, debugs, and resolves issues related to firmware behavior, hardware initialization, and integration with the broader system architecture.
Leads or coordinates project work with software engineers, hardware partners, BIOS vendors, and development partners to deliver reliable, cost-effective, and high-quality firmware solutions for assigned subsystems.
Collaborates and communicates with management, internal teams, and outsourced development partners on firmware design status, project progress, technical risks, and issue resolution.
Represents the system software engineering team through all phases of larger, more complex BIOS and platform-firmware development programs.
Provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

Skills

Embedded software development

BIOS development

C/C++ programming

Linux development

Mentoring/leadership

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/IS

Tools

UEFI firmware tooling

Job description

The role involves cross‑functional collaboration, debugging, and leading firmware efforts across subsystems, with mentorship to less experienced engineers

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