Senior BIOS/UEFI Engineer (Project Management)
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
As a Senior BIOS/UEFI Firmware Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and porting UEFI firmware for our custom hardware platforms. You will collaborate with various teams across the company including hardware engineers, software developers, and quality assurance teams, to ensure robust, secure, and high-performance firmware solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, debug, and maintain x86 UEFI firmware.
- Implement and optimize firmware features, including bootloaders, system initialization, and hardware abstraction layers.
- Collaborate with hardware teams to ensure seamless integration of firmware with system components.
- Maintain support for Secure Boot, power management, and system diagnostics.
- Write and review low-level code in C and assembly.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, such as UEFI and ACPI.
- Perform system-level debugging and root cause analysis for firmware related issues.
- Contribute to firmware validation, testing, and documentation processes.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on firmware development best practices.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in BIOS/UEFI firmware development for x86, ARM, or other relevant architectures.
- Strong proficiency in C and Assembly, understanding of embedded systems.
- In-depth knowledge of UEFI, ACPI, and related standards.
- Experience with firmware debugging tools (e.g., JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
- Familiarity with hardware interfaces such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, and UART.
- Understanding of Secure Boot, BootGuard, trusted platform modules (TPM), and firmware security best practices.
- Experience with source control systems (e.g., Git) and an understanding of agile development methodologies.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Experience reading and maintaining legacy code.
- Proficiency in reading technical documentation.
- Experience with firmware for Intel CPUs, chipsets, and CRBs.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with AMI Aptio V BIOS.
- Knowledge of low-level operating system interactions and kernel development.
- Familiarity with embedded Linux or real-time operating systems (RTOS).
- Experience with automated testing frameworks for firmware validation.
- Understanding of power management and thermal control in firmware design.
- Understanding of full disk encryption.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $136,329.00 - $204,493.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.
