Senior BIOS/UEFI Firmware Engineer – Secure Boot

Amazon Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Advanced hardware labs

Competitive compensation

Career growth in firmware

Job summary

Amazon BIOS Engineering in AWS Hardware Engineering leads advanced firmware development for server platforms. You will design UEFI/BIOS features, optimize boot times, and collaborate with silicon vendors on platform bring-up and reference code integration.

The role requires senior-level C/bare-metal firmware experience, leadership, and mentorship capabilities to guide complex projects from design through deployment in a global cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• 6+ years leading design or architecture of systems.
• 6+ years bare-metal firmware or BIOS/UEFI on server platforms.
• Experience interfacing with silicon vendors (Intel, AMD, NVIDIA).
• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement UEFI/BIOS features for AWS server platforms.
• Debug firmware issues with ITP, ScanTool, and JTAG.
• Optimize boot time and platform initialization sequences.
• Implement secure boot mechanisms and firmware security features.
• Lead architecture discussions and mentor junior BIOS engineers.
• Collaborate with ODMs and silicon vendors on bring-up.

Skills

Software dev exp

Leadership experience

Mentorship

Firmware development

x86 architecture

BIOS/UEFI development

Secure boot

C programming

Bare-metal firmware

Silicon vendor collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Job description

Amazon BIOS Engineering in AWS Hardware Engineering leads advanced firmware development for server platforms. You will design UEFI/BIOS features, optimize boot times, and collaborate with silicon vendors on platform bring-up and reference code integration.

The role requires senior-level C/bare-metal firmware experience, leadership, and mentorship capabilities to guide complex projects from design through deployment in a global cloud infrastructure.