Dell Technologies · 1 week ago
Senior Principal Firmware Engineer (BIOS Embedded Controller)
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$145K/yr - $300K/yr
12+ years expDell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. As a Firmware Engineer (BIOS/Embedded Controller) on the Software Engineering Team, you will be responsible for developing sophisticated systems and software focused on customer needs and business goals.
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Responsibilities
Take part in the full software development life cycle including architecture, design, development, test, continuous delivery and support of UEFI BIOS and Embedded Controller
Lead next generation firmware architecture design, ensuring it is modular, portable, resilient, and secure on ARM based embedded controller
Lead firmware development as an active member of an agile team, collaboratively realizing features through development, test and delivery
Mentor team members in design collaboration, code reviews, development tools and processes
Collaborate with global internal functional teams and partners
Qualification
Required
12 + years of relevant experience in architecture, design and development of x86, x64 and ARM UEFI BIOS/PC Firmware with a master's or bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related discipline
Knowledge or relevant deployment experience of PC ecosystem with a focus on silicon initialization, memory initialization, storage, PCIe, NVMe USB, security, in-band/out-of-band manageability in BIOS
Experience with multiple programming languages (C/C++/Rust); operating systems; RTOS operating system such as Zephyr, OS device drivers; system, network; embedded software/firmware; tools and utilities
Strong experience with scripting languages such as Python skills (pytest/Robot, async I/O, logging, packaging); solid shell scripting (PowerShell/Bash)
ML skills: model development with PyTorch/TensorFlow/scikit-learn, feature engineering for time-series/logs, evaluation and calibration
Ability to code/debug and guide others to code/debug flexible, scalable and complex programs, using either written or verbal design specifications
Experience with the security development life cycle, including technical understanding of common security vulnerabilities and risks, and countermeasures
Fluent in utilization of source code analysis tools such as Fortify, Coverity, Clang, and AI assistant tools for development
Benefits
Your life. Your health. Supported by your benefits.
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Company
Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies provides essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.5B2025-09-27Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2018-12-28IPO
Leadership Team
Todd Edmunds
Global CTO Smart Manufacturing, Edge Compute and Digital Twin
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