Embedded Firmware Quality Engineer BIOS/UEFI
Description -
The Embedded Firmware Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring that embedded firmware meets the highest standards of quality robustness and longterm reliability. This role works closely with firmware developers hardware engineers architecture teams QA and crossfunctional partners to define quality metrics validate system behavior improve defect detection and build processes that prevent regressions.
Responsibilities
- Develop execute and maintain comprehensive firmware test plans including functional regression stress corner-case and long-duration reliability tests. Evaluates the firmware architecture design and development plus testing methodologies to create strategy and implement methods to bring increased quality and reliability to the firmware.
- Reviews firmware code and test plans including functional regression stress corner-case and long-duration reliability tests.
- Perform root-cause analysis for firmware defects drive containment corrective actions and verification of fixes.
- Create and manage quality dashboards KPI failure rates and reliability metrics.
- Evaluate failure modes exposed during design development manufacturing and field use; propose design or process improvements to prevent recurrence.
- Works with product architects firmware teams product managers and provides critical guidance system-level debugging and troubleshooting to various teams as a Subject Matter Expert.
- Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with systems design and development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.
- Create and manage quality dashboards KPIs failure rates and reliability metrics. Validate firmware integration with hardware BIOS/UEFI EC microcontrollers sensors and platformlevel components.
- Evaluate failure modes exposed during development manufacturing and field use; propose design or process improvements to prevent recurrence.
- Manages and expands relationships with internal and outsourced development partners on firmware design and development.
- Drives innovation and integration of new technologies into projects and activities in the firmware design organization.
- Mentors less-experienced software firmware engineers and help guide them to successful deliverables.
Firmware Architecture & Process Improvements
- Participate in firmware architecture reviews ensuring quality and reliability considerations are incorporated into design (aligned with internal FW Architecture Review practices).
- Advocate and enforce coding standards testability guidelines and quality processes across firmware teams.
- Identify opportunities for simplification refactoring or architectural improvements to enhance stability and resilience.
- Collaborate with FW architects on quality initiatives (e.g. errorcode frameworks BCR processes customercentric diagnostics).
CrossFunctional Collaboration
- Work closely with hardware engineers firmware developers QA sustaining teams ODM partners and integration teams.
- Provide quality feedback in design reviews program meetings and crosspartner syncs.
- Support bringup validation platform qualification and key program milestones.
- Mentor engineers on debugging techniques quality practices and reliability analysis.
Risk Management & Compliance
- Ensure firmware processes comply with internal governance standards and security guidelines.
- Identify risks early and drive mitigation plans.
- Support audits internal reviews and quality assessments.
Education & Experience Recommended
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or equivalent.
- 10 years of experience in embedded firmware quality engineering hardware/firmware debugging or reliability engineering.
- Background in embedded systems microcontrollers lowlevel debugging and system architecture.
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of embedded firmware development (C/C) driver development bootloaders EC/BIOS/UEFI fundamentals.
- Proficiency in test automation scripting (Python Perl PowerShell etc.) and testing tools.
- Ability to analyze failures across hardware firmware and system boundaries.
- Experience with JTAG/SWD oscilloscopes logic analyzers and other debug tools.
- Familiarity with continuous integration version control and quality workflows.
The pay range for this role is$147050to$230850USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location job-related knowledge skills and experience.
Benefits:
HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position including:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies including;
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)
The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time with or without notice subject to applicable law.
Job -
Software
Schedule -
Full time
Shift -
No shift premium (United States of America)
Travel -
Relocation -
Yes
Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) -
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