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netPolarity, Inc. (Saicon Consultants, Inc.) · 9 hours ago

Senior Staff Firmware Engineer

Austin, TX

Contract

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$70/hr - $80/hr

6+ years exp

netPolarity, Inc. is seeking a collaborative and motivated System Firmware Test Development Engineer to join their Firmware QA team. The role involves working closely with firmware architects to define test strategies and develop regression test cases, ensuring high-quality firmware delivery for AMD Server-class EPYC CPUs and Instinct GPUs.

DeliveryHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyStaffing Agency

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Amol S.

Responsibilities

Partner with firmware architects and domain validation engineers to understand new and evolving firmware features

Define and implement platform-level, end-to-end test flows to validate firmware functionality across boot and runtime

Develop detailed regression test cases, test procedures, and automation-ready tests aligned with CI practices

Ensure test designs are compatible with existing or new test frameworks

Execute tests, debug issues, and collaborate with firmware developers to drive defect resolution

Contribute to test strategy and coverage analysis, focusing on system-level feature interactions and cross-domain dependencies

Participate in test infrastructure improvements to enhance coverage, efficiency, and reporting

Work allocation:

80% – Test content creation

20% – Test execution and debugging

Qualification

Firmware test developmentSystem BIOS / UEFIDebugging at SoC levelAutomation-friendly test designC/C++ programmingScripting languagesTest strategy developmentTest executionCollaboration

Required

Firmware and platform test development and validation

Strong understanding of System BIOS / UEFI boot process

System-level test strategy and regression development

Debugging at SoC and platform level

Automation-friendly test design

Preferred

6+ years of relevant experience in firmware or software development and/or validation

Knowledge of pre-silicon and post-silicon firmware/system test environments

Strong debugging skills at System on a Chip (SoC) and system level

Understanding of computer architecture and enterprise-class server platforms

Prior experience working on embedded firmware

Programming experience in C, C++, and scripting languages (Python, Perl, etc.)

Experience in one or more of the following areas is a strong plus: BIOS concepts: ACPI, SMBIOS tables, RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) features and validation, Memory subsystem validation: DDR, persistent memory, error injection, Power management and telemetry, Platform security: TPM, Secure Boot, SPDM, Root of Trust (RoT) attestation, Virtualization & firmware enablement: ACPI, SR-IOV, High-speed I/O validation: PCIe, CXL, Sideband protocols: MCTP, SPDM, PLDM, RDE

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related discipline (preferred)

Company

netPolarity, Inc. (Saicon Consultants, Inc.)

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netPolarity, a subsidiary of Saicon, is a certified Woman and Minority-Owned Business Enterprise, a leading full-service workforce solutions provider delivering contingent workforce staffing, payrolling, temp-to-hire and direct-hire services to Fortune 500 companies nationwide.

Founded in 2000

Campbell, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://netpolarity.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2021 (2)

2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Leadership Team

Haixia Zhang

Chief Executive Officer

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