BIOS Developer (NCS/Job/ 3299)

• 8-15 years of experience in the x86 BIOS/UEFI development
• Experience with x86 CPU/APU architectures and associated compilation tools
• Expert in C language
• Familiar with at least one BIOS code base (AMI, Insyde, Phoenix BIOS or opensource like coreboot and EDKII)
• Experience with platform bring-up BIOS preparation.
• Expert in various boot stages(SEC, PEI, DXE, BDS), Pcds, UPDs, memory map, SPIROM, FSP, devicetree concept, BIOS handoff to OS bootloader,
• Should be able to understand components with which BIOS interacts like EC module, BMC, security processor, Power management firmware and memory training firmware.
• Working experience of industry standard protocols like I2c, PCIe, SPI, eSPI, ACPI, SMM, IPMI, UEFI.
• Hands on experience with hardware debugging tools like AMD HDT, BIOSDebugger, ITP, Arium, etc.
• Understanding of coreboot & FSP, should have working experience with FSP source code.
• Experience of working with different coreboot payloads like edk2, SeaBios, U-Boot, linuxboot, Tianocore etc.
• Experience of working on UEFI bootloader or UEFI applications mainly involved in UEFI based storage protocols AHCI, SATA, NVMe.
• Will be good if have any experience in Android UEFI based Bootloader for x86.
• Ability to read platform Hardware and Processor specifications to understand the platform/mainboard porting requirements.
• Good understanding of UEFI framework concepts and Storage protocols.
• Exposure to pre-silicon BIOS development in a simulation/emulation environment.
• Exposure to Emulation environments like Synopsis-Zebu-ZS5/Cadence-Palladium/Siemen-Veloce

Additional Skillset :

• Working knowledge of Git for code reviews, source code management, and BIOS releases to QA.
• Ability to juggle tasks and respond to different teams for various requests for custom BIOS requirements.
• Good understanding of industry standard protocols like SATA, NVMe, AHCI, PCIe, SPI, eSPI, IPMI etc.
• Good understanding of specifications like ACPI, SMM.
• Good understanding of x86-64 architecture from BIOS developer’s perspective.
• Good understanding of UEFI BIOS Boot flow.

Academic credentials:

-          Bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering from reputed college

-          Master’s degree from reputed university is a big plus