Jabil

Lead BIOS Design Engineer

United States · Work style not stated · Full time

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  • EmployerJabil
  • LocationUnited States
  • Work styleWork style not stated
  • Employment typeFull time
  • Employer posted

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

JOB SUMMARY

The BIOS Developer is responsible for leading BIOS/UEFI development and platform integration activities across complex hardware programs. This role provides technical ownership for firmware features, drives debug and performance optimization, and ensures BIOS readiness for validation, manufacturing, and customer delivery.

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead BIOS/UEFI firmware development, subsystem enablement, and integration activities across one or more product platforms.
  • Define implementation approach for BIOS features and ensure alignment to platform architecture, system requirements, and release plans.
  • Drive investigation and resolution of complex firmware and system issues discovered during bring-up, validation, or customer escalation.
  • Lead BIOS validation readiness, tuning, and optimization activities to improve platform stability, functionality, and performance.
  • Partner with Electrical, BMC, Systems, Validation, and other engineering teams to resolve cross-domain issues and align release decisions.
  • Guide firmware quality practices including issue tracking, regression coverage, code review support, and release discipline.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to standard methods, reusable code approaches, and technical capability building within the firmware team.
  • Provide clear communication of technical direction, tradeoffs, milestone health, and open risks to leadership and key stakeholders.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
  • 5–10 years of relevant experience in BIOS, UEFI, embedded firmware, or low-level platform software development.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Strong expertise in firmware architecture, BIOS bring-up, platform initialization, and issue debugging.
  • Experience with server, storage, networking, or x86-based compute platforms is required.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional technical issue resolution involving firmware, hardware, and validation teams.
  • Strong coding, debug, and technical communication capability.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead technical execution with limited oversight.

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Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Jabil.com/Careers site as a result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an e-mail to Always_Accessible@Jabil.com or calling 727-803-7988 with the nature of your request and contact information. Please do not direct any other general employment related questions to this e-mail or phone number. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to.

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