Senior System Firmware Engineer - BIOS UEFI

NVIDIA; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 241,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

A leading technology company in Redmond, WA, is looking for a firmware engineer to work on GPU-based client products. The role involves designing and delivering UEFI/BIOS solutions, ensuring code quality, and participating in product security alignment. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science and over 5 years of relevant experience. The position offers a competitive salary, equity options, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in firmware development.
• Strong understanding of low-level interfaces (I2C, SPI, PCIe, etc.).
• Proven ability to deliver client products from definition to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop firmware for client products.
• Work with hardware teams to influence design and architecture.
• Automate tests and maintain unit-test case reports.

Skills

System BIOS (UEFI) firmware development

Experience with IBVs or EDK2 firmware architecture

C/C++ development

Bash/Python scripting

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork and problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing, implementing, and delivering innovations for GPU based client products with focus on firmware development.
• Working with a global team of BIOS(UEFI) developers on NVIDIA client designs.
• Designing and developing performance‑optimized UEFI/BIOS solutions using industry standards.
• Instrumenting code to ensure maximum code coverage, writing and automating unit tests for each implemented module, and maintaining detailed unit‑test case reports.
• Providing software quality reports based on static analysis, code coverage and CPU load.
• Working with the security team to ensure developed code aligns with product security goals.
• Partnering closely with hardware teams to influence hardware design and review hardware architecture and schematics.
• Working with QA/Test architects to develop proper test tools and automation for qualifying the entire system‑software and firmware stack.

What We Need To See

• Domain expertise in System BIOS (UEFI) firmware development on X86 or ARM platforms.
• Strong experience with IBVs or EDK2 firmware architecture.
• Solid experience of end‑to‑end delivery of client products from definition to customer deployment.
• Solid understanding of low‑level interfaces between BIOS (UEFI) and OS such as I2C, SPI, PCIe, JTAG, PCIe enumeration, and platform‑level I/O for client products.
• Experience working closely with hardware teams, ODMs and vendors to introduce and support client platforms.
• Experience with C/C++ development, Bash/Python scripting, and debugging skills in embedded Linux/Windows operating environments.
• You should possess excellent written and oral communication skills, good work ethics, a high sense of teamwork, love to produce quality work, and a commitment to finish your tasks every single day. You are a self‑starter who loves to find creative solutions to exciting problems.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience, with a demonstrated strong ability as an individual contributor.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Proven record in delivering BIOS(UEFI) for ARM architecture based client products.
• Experience working with IBVs or IBV solutions.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD – 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted until April 16, 2026.

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