Sr Software Engineer - BIOS, AWS Hardware Engineering, Firmware Development
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Job summary
Amazon Web Services (AWS) BIOS Engineering team designs and maintains custom firmware for AWS server platforms, delivering secure, high-performance boot solutions that scale to millions of servers worldwide.
As a senior firmware engineer (7+ yrs), you will own UEFI/BIOS features, lead critical firmware projects, and collaborate with silicon vendors, ODMs, and internal hardware teams to bring up new platforms.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of embedded or BIOS/UEFI development experience.
- Deep expertise in x86 platform architecture and secure boot implementations.
- Track record of leading firmware projects end-to-end and collaborating with silicon vendors.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement custom UEFI/BIOS features for AWS server platforms.
- Debug complex firmware issues using tools like ITP, ScanTool, and JTAG.
- Optimize boot time performance and platform initialization sequences.
- Implement secure boot mechanisms and firmware security features.
- Develop and maintain POST code.
- Create firmware update mechanisms and recovery solutions.
- Work with hardware teams on board bring-up and platform validation.
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Job description
The AWS BIOS Engineering team creates and maintains custom firmware solutions for Amazon's innovative server platforms. Our BIOS/UEFI implementations are industry-leading in security, performance, and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of AWS's massive-scale infrastructure that millions of customers rely on daily. Our BIOS engineers solve complex firmware challenges and build robust, secure bootloader solutions that enable AWS to maintain its competitive edge in data center infrastructure.
The AWS BIOS Engineering team creates and maintains custom firmware solutions for Amazon's innovative server platforms. Our BIOS/UEFI implementations are industry-leading in security, performance, and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of AWS's massive-scale infrastructure that millions of customers rely on daily. Our BIOS engineers solve complex firmware challenges and build robust, secure bootloader solutions that enable AWS to maintain its competitive edge in data center infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will be a senior firmware engineer with 7+ years of hands-on embedded or BIOS/UEFI development experience. You will bring deep expertise in x86 platform architecture, secure boot implementations, and low-level system programming. You will have a track record of leading complex firmware projects end-to-end and collaborating with silicon vendors on platform bring-up and reference code integration. You will gain intimate understanding of AWS's custom server firmware stack and analyze it for both current needs and future scalability. You will leverage your system-level expertise to find optimal solutions to complex boot-time challenges. You will collaborate with internal teams (hardware, validation, security) and external partners (silicon vendors, ODMs) while leading critical firmware development efforts.
- Design and implement custom UEFI/BIOS features for AWS server platforms
- Debug complex firmware issues using tools like ITP, ScanTool, and JTAG
- Optimize boot time performance and platform initialization sequences
- Implement secure boot mechanisms and firmware security features
- Develop and maintain Power-On Self Test (POST) code
- Create firmware update mechanisms and recovery solutions
- Work with hardware teams on board bring-up and platform validation
AWS's custom server platforms require specialized firmware solutions that maximize performance, security, and reliability at scale. Your BIOS developments will directly impact millions of servers running in AWS data centers worldwide, requiring unique optimizations that benefit our infrastructure and customers.
- Work on cutting-edge server platforms and next-generation silicon
- Direct impact on AWS infrastructure efficiency and security
- Ownership of critical firmware components from design through deployment
- Collaboration with industry leaders in data center infrastructure
- Access to advanced hardware labs and debug equipment
- Opportunity to influence future server architecture decisions
- Work with a team of experienced firmware engineers
- Join our diverse engineering organization where you'll help deliver the firmware foundation for AWS's global infrastructure. You'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes innovative ideas and empowers you to own complex technical challenges through to completion.
- Develop and maintain UEFI/BIOS code for server platforms
- Implement ACPI tables and power management features
- Create and maintain Platform Reference Code (PRC)
- Debug complex firmware issues using ITP, and JTAG tools
- Work directly with ODM partners
- Coordinate BIOS development efforts
- Review and validate ODM-provided BIOS code
- Support manufacturing bring-up and validation
- Interface with CPU/GPU vendors (Intel, AMD and Nvidia) for new platform bring-up
- Integrate and rebase Reference Code packages
- Support system validation and debugging
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