Senior UEFI BIOS Engineer

Gables Search Group; Alabama; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Gables Search Group seeks a Senior UEFI BIOS Engineer to lead BIOS development for rugged embedded platforms used in defense, aerospace, and industrial environments. This hands-on role focuses on developing, porting, and customizing BIOS for new hardware, from bring-up to production.

You will collaborate with hardware, FPGA, firmware, and software teams, and must work on-site in Huntsville, Alabama.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing UEFI BIOS, not simply supporting BIOS-based systems.
• Direct experience with BIOS porting, customization, and new-board bring-up.
• Strong C programming and low-level embedded development skills.
• Experience with Intel x86/x86-64 architecture and platform initialization.
• Working knowledge of AMI BIOS, Intel reference BIOS, or comparable commercial BIOS platforms.
• Strong understanding of hardware/firmware interaction, registers, memory, and peripherals.
• Experience debugging newly developed hardware running BIOS code you helped develop.
• Ability to work full-time on-site in Huntsville.
• Additional experience with Secure Boot, AMD Ryzen, ARM, IPMI, U-Boot, Embedded Linux, VPX/OpenVPX, RTOS, Git, Jenkins, or defense/aerospace systems is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and customize UEFI BIOS for new Intel/x86 embedded platforms
• Adapt AMI or Intel reference BIOS to newly designed hardware
• Lead BIOS bring-up and platform initialization on new boards
• Debug low-level hardware, firmware, memory, register, and peripheral issues
• Validate interfaces including PCI Express, USB, SATA, and related board-level functionality
• Partner with hardware and firmware teams to isolate integration issues
• Support BIOS development through testing, release, and manufacturing

Job description

We are recruiting a Senior UEFI BIOS Engineer to take a leading role in new product development for rugged embedded computing platforms used in demanding defense, aerospace, and industrial environments.

This is a hands-on engineering position focused on developing, porting, and customizing BIOS for newly designed hardware. You will work closely with hardware, FPGA, firmware, and software engineers from initial board bring-up through production release.

Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop and customize UEFI BIOS for new Intel/x86 embedded platforms
• Adapt AMI or Intel reference BIOS to newly designed hardware
• Lead BIOS bring-up and platform initialization on new boards
• Debug low-level hardware, firmware, memory, register, and peripheral issues
• Validate interfaces including PCI Express, USB, SATA, and related board-level functionality
• Partner with hardware and firmware teams to isolate integration issues
• Support BIOS development through testing, release, and manufacturing

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing UEFI BIOS, not simply supporting BIOS-based systems
• Direct experience with BIOS porting, customization, and new-board bring-up
• Strong C programming and low-level embedded development skills
• Experience with Intel x86/x86-64 architecture and platform initialization
• Working knowledge of AMI BIOS, Intel reference BIOS, or comparable commercial BIOS platforms
• Strong understanding of hardware/firmware interaction, registers, memory, and peripherals
• Experience debugging newly developed hardware running BIOS code you helped develop
• Ability to work full-time on-site in Huntsville

Additional experience with Secure Boot, AMD Ryzen, ARM, IPMI, U-Boot, Embedded Linux, VPX/OpenVPX, RTOS, Git, Jenkins, or defense/aerospace systems is valuable.