Senior BIOS / UEFI Engineer – New Product Development
Ashton North· startup· Industrial Hardware· Oct 16, 2026 · 12d ago
Huntsville, AL
In office
Full-time
Senior
$150K–$190K
5+ years exp
Job description
Senior BIOS / UEFI Engineer – New Product Development
Huntsville, AL
The Company
Join a leader in rugged embedded computing solutions supporting demanding military, aerospace, industrial, and high-reliability applications.
This is an opportunity to join the Huntsville engineering organization as the site's key BIOS/UEFI specialist, working closely with hardware, FPGA, firmware, and software engineers on next-generation embedded computing products.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
You will work on new product development, starting with an AMI/Intel reference BIOS and customizing it for newly designed hardware. You will have meaningful ownership of how the BIOS is developed and will be involved from initial board bring-up through a working product.
What Makes This Role Different
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Become the primary BIOS/UEFI technical specialist in the Huntsville organization.
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Work directly with hardware and firmware engineers during new board bring-up.
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Customize and develop BIOS for new embedded computing platforms rather than simply maintaining legacy code.
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Start with AMI BIOS / Intel reference BIOS and adapt it to hardware.
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Work at the fundamental platform level where hardware, firmware, BIOS, and operating systems come together.
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Have significant technical ownership and latitude in BIOS development.
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Solve challenging hardware-versus-firmware issues alongside engineers from multiple disciplines.
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Take products from early hardware/BIOS bring-up toward production.
The hiring team is specifically looking for someone who has personally developed UEFI BIOS and participated in board bring-up on hardware running the BIOS they developed.
They Value and Appreciate Their Employees
The team is looking for an engineer who brings:
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Strong technical ownership and engineering judgment.
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Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
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Enthusiasm for solving difficult technical problems.
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The ability to explain technical issues clearly to engineers from different disciplines.
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A hands-on approach to hardware/firmware debugging.
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The ability to work independently while collaborating closely with hardware, FPGA, IPMC, and software engineers.
Your Role with the Company -New Product Development
As a Senior BIOS / UEFI Engineer, you will develop and customize BIOS for new products that are rugged embedded computing platforms. You will work from an AMI/Intel reference BIOS, adapt it to new hardware, and support BIOS bring-up alongside the hardware and firmware teams.
Your work will include:
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Developing and customizing UEFI BIOS for new products.
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Performing BIOS bring-up on newly designed boards.
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Debugging hardware/firmware issues during initial board startup.
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Working with hardware, FPGA, and other firmware engineers to validate system functionality.
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Supporting interfaces such as USB, PCI Express, SATA, and other board-level functionality.
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Taking BIOS development from initial bring-up through production.
Background Profile
Must Have
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5+ years of hands-on BIOS development experience. (will consider less for exceptional background)
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Strong experience developing UEFI BIOS; modern UEFI experience is required rather than legacy BIOS exposure alone.
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Demonstrated experience personally developing BIOS, not simply working with systems that use BIOS.
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Experience with BIOS bring-up on newly designed hardware.
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Experience where the candidate's BIOS actually ran on the board they helped bring up.
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Strong working proficiency in C.
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Ability to perform low-level programming involving registers, memory, and peripherals.
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Experience customizing or porting BIOS to new hardware.
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Strong understanding of hardware/firmware interaction.
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Experience troubleshooting hardware and firmware integration issues during board bring-up.
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Ability to work directly with hardware engineers and other engineering disciplines.
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Strong communication and collaboration skills.
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Willingness and ability to work full-time on-site in Huntsville, Alabama.
Core BIOS / UEFI Background
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Hands-on UEFI BIOS development.
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BIOS customization for new hardware.
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Experience with Intel reference BIOS is highly valuable.
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Experience with Intel/x86/x86-64 platforms.
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Understanding of computer architecture and platform initialization.
Desired
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AMI BIOS experience
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Phoenix BIOS experience.
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Secure Boot / Trusted Boot.
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Intel Core i7 experience.
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AMD processor / Ryzen UEFI experience.
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ARM, NXP/Freescale, or PowerPC experience.
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Built-In Test (BIT).
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IPMI.
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Embedded Linux.
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Xilinx SDK.
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NXP K21.
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U-Boot.
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Slim Bootloader.
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RTOS experience.
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GCC and cross-compilers.
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Rugged embedded computing.
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VPX / OpenVPX.
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VME.
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CompactPCI.
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Defense/aerospace experience.
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DO-178B/C.
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Git or Perforce.
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Klocwork/static analysis.
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Jenkins/continuous integration.
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JIRA and Confluence.
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Agile/Scrum development environments.
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Experience supporting BIOS through product release, manufacturing, or sustaining activities.
Additional Job Details
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Salary Range: $150,000 - $190,000
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Location: Huntsville, AL
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Type of Role: Full-time, Direct Hire
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Travel Required: Minimal
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Relocation Assistance: Yes
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Visa Sponsorship: U.S. Citizen, Green Card
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