BIOS / UEFI Developer

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering from a reputed college.
• A master's degree from a reputed university is a big plus.
• 4-7 years of experience in x86 BIOS/UEFI development.
• Experience with x86 CPU/APU architectures and associated compilation tools.
• Expert in C language.
• Familiar with at least one BIOS codebase (AMI, Insyde, Phoenix BIOS, or open-source like Coreboot and EDK II).
• Experience with platform bring-up BIOS preparation.
• Expert in various boot stages (SEC, PEI, DXE, BDS), PCDs, UPDs, memory map, SPIROM, FSP, device tree concept, BIOS handoff to OS bootloader,
• Should be able to understand components with which BIOS interacts, like the EC module, BMC, security processor, power management firmware, and memory training firmware.
• Working experience with industry-standard protocols like I2C, PCIe, SPI, eSPI, ACPI, SMM, IPMI, and UEFI.
• Hands-on experience with hardware debugging tools like BIOSDebugger, ITP, Arium, etc.
• Understanding of coreboot & FSP; should have working experience with FSP source code.
• Experience working with different coreboot payloads like edk2 SeaBIOS, U-Boot, linuxboot, Tianocore, etc.
• Experience working on UEFI bootloaders or UEFI applications mainly involved in UEFI-based storage protocols AHCI, SATA, and NVMe.
• Will be good if you have any experience in Android UEFI-based bootloaders for x86
• Ability to read platform hardware and processor specifications to understand the platform/mainboard porting requirements.
• Good understanding of UEFI framework concepts and storage protocols.
• Exposure to pre-silicon BIOS development in a simulation/emulation environment.
• Exposure to emulation environments like Synopsis-Zebu-ZS5/Cadence-Palladium/Siemen-Veloce.

Additional Skillset:

• Working knowledge of Git for code reviews, source code management, and BIOS releases to QA.
• Ability to juggle tasks and respond to different teams for various requests for custom BIOS requirements.
• Good understanding of industry-standard protocols like SATA, NVMe, AHCI, PCIe, SPI, eSPI, IPMI, etc.
• Good understanding of specifications like ACPI and SMM.
• Good understanding of x86-64 architecture from a BIOS developer's perspective.
• Good understanding of UEFI BIOS boot flow.