Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – BIOS/UEFI & IPMI

AMETEK, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Abaco Systems in Huntsville, AL is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to join the Firmware Team. You will develop and maintain boot code, deployed test solutions, and IPMI firmware for our rugged embedded products, contributing to BIOS/UEFI, U-Boot and related tools.

The role requires strong C/C++, assembly, and real-time OS experience, with collaboration across hardware, software and manufacturing to deliver robust firmware under DoD-related considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering from an accredited university or college.
• 7+ years of related experience.
• 3+ years of electrical engineering design experience.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% as required.
• Strong understanding of C/C++ and assembly programming.
• Experience with at least one of UEFI, U-Boot, NVIDIA CBoot, Slim Bootloader, Secure/Trusted Boot, Xilinx SDK, NXP K21.
• Experience writing software to test computer systems.
• Experience with GCC toolchains.
• Strong understanding of computer architectures and hardware design (i7, Freescale/PowerPC/ARM).
• Experience with source control and static analysis tools; code peer reviews.
• Strong problem-solving and collaborative skills.
• Experience in Agile environments with multi-discipline teams.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve productivity and quality.
• Ability to work well in a team with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Generate requirements and port/code for new products.
• Maintain updates for existing products.
• Prepare project and customer documentation.
• Provide product support for customers and Manufacturing.
• Collaborate with HW and other SW teams.
• Develop and maintain embedded software in C and assembler.
• Follow software design procedures.
• Use CI and static analysis tools to improve code quality and fix bugs.
• Provide documentation to support the software product.
• Communicate status to stakeholders in a timely fashion.
• Participate in continuous improvement of software processes.
• Understand HW operation via schematics when needed.

Skills

C/C++

Assembly

Embedded software

Software testing

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Perforce

Git

Klocwork

JIRA

Confluence

Linux

UEFI/U-Boot

NXP K21 / toolchains

Job description

Abaco Systems in Huntsville, AL is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to join the Firmware Team. You will develop and maintain boot code, deployed test solutions, and IPMI firmware for our rugged embedded products, contributing to BIOS/UEFI, U-Boot and related tools.

The role requires strong C/C++, assembly, and real-time OS experience, with collaboration across hardware, software and manufacturing to deliver robust firmware under DoD-related considerations.