BIOS/Firmware Developer, Commercial Personal Systems

Role Overview

• This role is responsible for overseeing the design, development, and optimization of embedded software and firmware for hardware products.
• The role contributes innovative ideas and leads large cross-functional teams, exercising independent judgment to solve unique and complex problems impacting the business.
• The role acts as a functional manager within area of expertise, developing strategy and setting functional policy and direction.
• The role provides mentorship and guidance to lower-level employees, thus, ensuring the realization of operational and strategic plans.
• Leads the preparation and creation of instructional technical manuscripts for firmware operation.
• Reviews firmware code, provides technical feedback, and ensures adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Manages resources to complete programming projects, and designs detailed plans to ensure firmware is functioning properly.
• Leads multiple project teams of other software firmware engineers and internal and outsourced development partners responsible for all stages of design and development for complex products and platforms.
• 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.
• Manages and expands relationships with internal and outsourced development partners on firmware design and development.
• Serves as an expert on all firmware related topics and acts as overall firmware leadership to provide perspective to cross-organization projects, programs, and activities.
• 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.

Requirements

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in firmware development, or a related field.
• Agile Methodology
• Algorithms
• C (Programming Language)
• C++ (Programming Language)
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Debugging
• Electrical Engineering
• Embedded Software
• Embedded Systems
• Firmware
• Firmware Development
• Git (Version Control System)
• Linux
• New Product Development
• Operating Systems
• Python (Programming Language)
• Real-Time Operating Systems
• Software Development
• Software Engineering

Tech Stack

• Linux
• Python

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)