Microsoft
Senior Firmware Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA +6 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Mountain View, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Hillsboro, OR
Raleigh, NC
Boise, ID
Austin, TX - Experience
- Required: 1+ year(s) with a doctorate, 4+ years with a master's degree, or 5+ years with a bachelor's degree; equivalent experience is also accepted. Preferred: 10+ years, majority as a Technical Lead or similar. Bonus: Over 7+ years in software development.
- Education
- Doctorate, master's, or bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads development and lifecycle management of secure, high-quality BIOS/UEFI firmware across Azure hardware, including new hardware launches and industry standardization.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain BIOS/UEFI solutions across the Azure fleet, addressing security vulnerabilities and keeping firmware current.
- Oversee BIOS/UEFI development, validation, and rollout for new hardware SKUs, and improve performance, telemetry, and diagnostics.
- Lead requirements and feature delivery through agile planning, while coordinating with internal teams, silicon vendors, ODMs, and OEMs.
What they ask for
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience; OR Master's Degree in one of these fields and 4+ years; OR Bachelor's Degree in one of these fields and 5+ years; OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of experience with majority as a Technical Lead, or similar.
- Proficiency developing low-level FW or SW for HW platforms, including FW, BIOS, UEFI, EDK2, BMC, among others.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
BIOS/UEFI, FW, SW, EDK2, BMC, C, C++, Python
AI focus
Oversee BIOS/UEFI development and rollout for AI-driven, next-generation compute SKUs.
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