Principal Embedded Firmware and Software Engineer

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We are seeking a Principal Embedded Firmware & Software Engineer to lead the design development and debugging of embedded software and firmware for computer systems.

In this role you will combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with system-level technical leadership to ensure seamless integration between software and hardware components delivering reliable and efficient system performance. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including hardware engineers software developers QA and product managers to bring high-quality products to market.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the architecture development security integration debugging validation and deployment of embedded firmware and software including BIOS/UEFI EFI applications and drivers embedded controllers and RTOS-based systems.
• Analyze hardware and system architectures to define firmware requirements dependencies interfaces integration strategies and validation approaches.
• Troubleshoot and resolve firmware issues by designing and implementing enhancements updates and programming changes across firmware subsystems.
• Define and drive firmware integration verification and validation strategies including automated testing regression testing and continuous integration.
• Develop and improve engineering tools and automation using Python and other appropriate technologies for development debugging testing analysis and validation.
• Advance CI/CD and DevSecOps practices for embedded development to improve engineering velocity quality traceability and release confidence.
• Evaluate and apply AI-assisted software development and engineering tools where they can improve developer productivity code quality debugging test development documentation or engineering workflows while meeting applicable security and intellectual-property requirements.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Bachelors Masters or advanced degrees in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline; or equivalent practical experience and demonstrated technical expertise.
• Typically 10 years of experience in embedded firmware embedded software systems software platform engineering or a related engineering field.

Knowledge & Skills

• Deep proficiency in embedded C with strong software architecture systems programming and computer engineering fundamentals.
• Strong experience with Python for automation tooling testing data analysis or system diagnostics.
• Experience with BIOS/UEFI EFI applications and drivers RTOS environments embedded controllers DSPs device firmware or similar platform technologies.
• Exceptional debugging and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Strong understanding of firmware and platform security including firmware authentication/signing secure updates hardware security capabilities and vulnerability management.
• Familiarity with Git Linux and Agile development methodologies.

The pay range for this role is$147050to$230850USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location job-related knowledge skills and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time with or without notice subject to applicable law.

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