BIOS Firmware Architect - TX, Austin_Research Park, United States
Embedded & Systems Software
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
What you'll do
- Lead architecture, design, development, integration, and maintenance of UEFI/BIOS firmware for AI server and accelerator platforms.
- Lead platform bring-up efforts from pre-silicon simulation through post-silicon validation and production readiness.
- Own implementation and validation of ACPI, SMBIOS, PCIe Gen5/Gen6, CXL, NUMA, memory, power management, security, and platform management technologies.
- Architect and drive RAS features including telemetry, diagnostics, error handling, predictive failure analysis, and recovery mechanisms.
- Lead root-cause analysis of complex system-level issues spanning firmware, hardware, operating systems, and AI workloads.
What you'll need
- Expertise in BIOS, firmware, or low-level system software development.
- Technical leadership or lead engineering experience.
- Success leading complex firmware programs from architecture through production deployment.
- Strong experience with UEFI/EDK II, AMI Aptio BIOS, AGESA and silicon initialization frameworks, platform firmware architecture, and secure firmware design.
- Proficiency in C/C++, performance tuning, firmware debugging, and optimization.
- Strong understanding of x86 server architecture, PCIe Gen5/Gen6, CXL, DDR5/HBM memory technologies, ACPI, SMBIOS, UEFI Secure Boot, and platform security technologies.
Nice to have
- Experience with large-scale AI clusters and GPU-based server infrastructure.
- Expertise in firmware CI/CD and automated validation frameworks.
- Experience supporting server manufacturing, qualification, and deployment workflows.
- Contributions to open-source firmware projects including EDK II, OpenBMC, Linux firmware subsystems, or related communities.
Market context
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 58-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
725
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$168k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (725 roles · 80 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 61 | 725 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 404 | 6047 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 30 d | 58 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 127 open roles · median 59 d
- Micron Technology · 61 open roles · median 99 d
- AMD (this employer) · 59 open roles · median 31 d
- NVIDIA · 57 open roles · median 59 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 41 open roles · median 30 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 29 open roles · median 78 d
How we counted: 725 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 80 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.