Sr. Firmware Engineer

The Sr. Firmware Engineer is responsible for developing platform BIOS, reference code and related documentation for ZT Cloud Servers. Work closely with design teams and be responsible for all software and BIOS related issues during the planning, development, and validation stages of the program.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Design, develop, code, and debug BIOS/Firmware by applying knowledge of server hardware architecture and system design.
• Review and provide strong feedback on firmware and software architecture specifications and design specifications.
• Layout and establish design documents with the engineering team.
• Study computer motherboard and BIOS system specifications and configuration requirements to plan and develop reliability and compatibility.
• Plan and execute reference code and collateral.
• Participate in key product development and technical teams.
• Participate in new platform power-on events.
• Engage various cross-team validation organizations.
• Implement and support various features required for manufacturing validation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Knowledge and skills:

• Understanding of processor and Enterprise system level architectures.
• Extensive hardware skills: Enterprise platform, BIOS, Drivers, IO technologies.
• Development of legacy BIOS such as Phoenix, AMI and hands-on experience with UEFI/EDK II/ Linux Boot.
• X-86 CPUs, memory controllers, IO Hubs, and PC architecture.
• Industry specifications such as PCI, ACPI, DDR, CXL.
• Working knowledge of BMC functions as it relates to BIOS.
• Board level diagnostic tools/utilities.

Languages

• Excellent knowledge of English; both oral and written skills.
• Demonstrated C, C++ coding and X-86 Assembly language skills.
• Knowledge of internal operations of Operating Systems and its interaction with BIOS functions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Minimum BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.

Experience

• Minimum 2+ years of BIOS Development.