Principal UEFI Firmware Engineer

Location: Austin, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global develops AI computing systems, advanced semiconductors, data centre hardware, and infrastructure for large-scale AI deployments.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and deploy UEFI-based firmware for hyperscale AI server platforms.
• Collaborate with ODM partners from concept through mass production and work with hardware, BMC, security, validation, and platform architecture teams.
• Integrate UEFI firmware into CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, regression testing, and static analysis.
• Develop platform initialization functionality for CPUs, memory, PCIe, and system interconnects.
• Implement root of trust, secure boot chains, signed firmware updates, RAS features, telemetry, firmware updates, and system management interfaces.
• Debug firmware and hardware issues and perform root cause analysis across lab and production environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Strong experience developing UEFI or BIOS firmware for server platforms, including expertise with UEFI, TianoCore, and firmware architecture design.
• Strong experience developing firmware solutions for hyperscale or cloud data centre environments.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++.
• Deep understanding of DDR memory training, cache coherency protocols, and PCIe subsystems.
• Strong knowledge of server platform architecture, including power delivery, thermal management, sensors, and FRUs.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for firmware development.
• Experience debugging system firmware using logic analyzers, JTAG, GDB, and similar tools.

Nice to have

• Experience developing UEFI firmware for ARM-based server platforms.
• Experience with EDK II codebase development and upstream contribution.
• Experience working with ODM/JDM partners on server platform development programs.
• Experience delivering firmware for hyperscale cloud deployments and production environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working approach.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, commuter benefits, wellness services, and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Inclusive work environment and reasonable interview adjustments when required.