Senior BIOS/UEFI Firmware Validation Engineer - Houston

Quest Global; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

Referral program

Job summary

Quest Global delivers engineering solutions with a focus on aerospace & defense, automotive, energy, hi-tech, healthcare, and semiconductors. This on-site role in Houston seeks a validation engineer to lead BIOS/UEFI testing and firmware validation across x86 and ARM platforms, defining test strategies and validating complex designs.

You will drive automation, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-assisted testing approaches, mentor peers, and communicate risks to leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in BIOS/UEFI, firmware validation, and platform-level testing.
• Analyse product requirements and define test strategies and validation plans.
• Experience with x86 and ARM architectures and platform validation.
• Hands-on firmware security validation, Secure Boot, TPM, and system integrity testing.
• Scripting and test automation expertise with scalable automation frameworks and CI/CD.
• Knowledge of AI-driven testing approaches and modern test automation practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Funnel and development teams to identify testing requirements during feature definition and design phases.
• Review product requirements, design specifications, and user scenarios to develop comprehensive test strategies and validation plans.
• Participate in design reviews, architecture discussions, and risk assessments.
• Define test coverage for functional, regression, performance, security across BIOS/UEFI and firmware components.
• Work closely with development teams to analyse defects, perform root cause analysis, and improve overall product quality.
• Lead validation readiness activities for NPIs on both x86 and ARM architectures.
• Drive automation strategy and improve validation efficiency through automation frameworks.
• Identify opportunities for AI-assisted productivity improvements for validation
• Customer status updates, communicate risks, and mitigation plans to customer and leadership teams.
• Mentor validation engineers in testing processes, tools, and methodologies

Skills

BIOS/UEFI testing

Firmware validation

Platform-level testing

Automation scripting

CI/CD pipelines

AI-assisted testing

Tools

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Quest Global delivers engineering solutions with a focus on aerospace & defense, automotive, energy, hi-tech, healthcare, and semiconductors. This on-site role in Houston seeks a validation engineer to lead BIOS/UEFI testing and firmware validation across x86 and ARM platforms, defining test strategies and validating complex designs.

You will drive automation, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-assisted testing approaches, mentor peers, and communicate risks to leadership.