Technical Staff Software Engineering (UEFI/BIOS Architect)

Company: Dell
Location: Round Rock
Posted on: January 8, 2022

Job Description:

Technical Staff Software Engineering (UEFI/BIOS Architect)
The Software Engineering team delivers next-generation software application enhancements and new products for a changing world. Working at the cutting edge, we design and develop software for platforms, peripherals, applications and diagnostics - all with the most advanced technologies, tools, software engineering methodologies and the collaboration of internal and external partners.
Join us as a Technical Staff Engineer on our Software Engineering team to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

What you'll achieve
Work with our internal partners (Chief Technology Office, System Architects, Platform Planners) to architect new and innovative experiences spanning firmware, software and hardware for our client platforms. Provide strong technical point of view in decisions when -collaborating across multiple lines of business; -including industrial design, marketing, usability, -quality, and reliability.
You will:
Create, design and review architectural collateral, documenting the scope of our firmware features. - Prototype potential solutions to comprehend feasibility.
Gather business requirements and drive product definition and prioritization for firmware features. - Influence the hardware and software direction for features that span beyond firmware.
Generate Intellectual Property to protect innovations.
Balance short term versus long term actions, strategic vs tactical requirements, while continuing to align the architectural road map to achieve the strategic vision.
Assess and optimize program tradeoffs such as cost, performance, quality, and schedule, while making the proper feature tradeoffs between firmware, electrical, power and thermal requirements.
Take the first step towards your dream career
Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here's what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements
Bachelors or higher degree in computer science, electrical engineering or a similar field, with 15+ years of industry experience
UEFI BIOS and/or Embedded Controller development experience with Intel and/or AMD x86, and ARM system architectures
Excellent communication (both written and verbal), interpersonal skills and experience in presenting to business and technical teams in an effective and persuasive manner. - High degree of efficacy to navigate and relate -to multiple -audience levels. Strong leadership skills.
Strong system level architecture experience for both hardware and firmware.
Familiarity with various -hardware bus interfaces such as PCI, SMBUS, USB Type C, LPC, I2C, etc.
Strong -programming experience -using languages such as C, C++ or C#

Desirable Requirements
Experience -using analyzers and other -hardware tools to debug complex system -software issues
Experience with Jira and Confluence

Here's our story; now tell us yours

Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build a brighter digital tomorrow. Our company is made up of more than 150,000 people, located in over 180 locations around the world. We're proud to be a diverse and inclusive team and have an endless passion for our mission to drive human progress.

What's most important to us is that you are respected, feel like you can be yourself and have the opportunity to do the best work of your life -- while still having a life. We offer excellent benefits, bonus programs, flexible work arrangements, a variety of career development opportunities, employee resource groups, and much more.

We started with computers, but we didn't stop there. We are helping customers move into the future with multi-cloud, AI and machine learning through the most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era. Join us and become a part of what's next in technology, starting today.

You can also learn more about us by reading our latest Diversity and Inclusion Report and our plan to make the world a better place by 2030 here .

Dell is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Dell are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Dell will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Dell encourages applicants of all ages. Read the full Equal Employment Opportunity Policy here .

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