Senior BIOS & Firmware Engineer – Server Platforms

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to advanced hardware labs and 0

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior BIOS/firmware engineer to design and implement UEFI/BIOS features for our server platforms. You will lead complex firmware projects, collaborate with silicon vendors, ODMs, and internal hardware teams to bring up new platforms and improve boot-time performance.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of non-internship experience in embedded or BIOS/UEFI development, strong C for bare-metal firmware, and a track record in architecture leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 6+ years of bare-metal firmware or BIOS/UEFI development experience in C.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 6+ years of design or architecture leadership of new and existing systems.
• Experience collaborating with silicon vendors on platform bring-up and reference code integration.
• Strong knowledge of x86 architecture, secure boot implementations, and firmware security features.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement custom UEFI/BIOS features for AWS server platforms.
• Debug complex firmware issues using ITP, ScanTool, and JTAG.
• Optimize boot time performance and platform initialization sequences.
• Implement secure boot mechanisms and firmware security features.
• Develop and maintain POST code and firmware update/recovery solutions.
• Work with hardware teams on board bring-up and platform validation.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior BIOS engineers.

Skills

Firmware development

Bare-metal programming

C programming

Leadership

Platform bring-up

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

JTAG

EDK II/Coreboot

ACPI

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a senior BIOS/firmware engineer to design and implement UEFI/BIOS features for our server platforms. You will lead complex firmware projects, collaborate with silicon vendors, ODMs, and internal hardware teams to bring up new platforms and improve boot-time performance.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of non-internship experience in embedded or BIOS/UEFI development, strong C for bare-metal firmware, and a track record in architecture leadership.