System Firmware Test Development Engineer at Austin, Texas

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with firmware architects and validation teams to define platform level test strategies and coverage goals.
• Define and implement platform-level, end-to-end test flows that validate firmware functionality across boot and runtime.
• Design and implement automation friendly regression tests and test harnesses that integrate with CI.
• Architect, build, and deploy agentic AI workflows and autonomous QA agents to automate complex tasks such as end-to-end test case generation, intelligent regression scoping, and predictive failure analysis.
• Develop and maintain AI-driven frameworks (including Retrieval-Augmented Generation [RAG] systems) to parse engineering specifications and automatically translate architectural requirements into actionable test cases.
• Execute tests, debug failures, and collaborate with firmware developers to drive timely defect resolution.
• Contribute to test strategy and coverage analysis, with emphasis on system-level feature interactions and cross-domain dependencies.
• Enhance test infrastructure to improve coverage, execution efficiency, and reporting/triage workflows.
• Typical effort split: ~40% firmware test design & development, ~40% execution & troubleshooting, ~20% AI infrastructure & agentic tool development.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in firmware/software development, validation, or test development.
• Hands on experience with SoC or system level bring up and low level debugging.
• Strong foundation in computer architecture and enterprise server platform features.
• Practical experience writing test code and tools in C and/or C++, and scripting in Python, Perl, or Bash.
• Demonstrated experience building or deploying AI applications, specifically autonomous agents, LLM-backed tools, or RAG architectures applied to engineering or testing pipelines.
• Experience or knowledge in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable (with emphasis on system/firmware development or testability):
  • BIOS concepts (e.g., ACPI, SMBIOS tables)
  • RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability) features and validation
  • Memory subsystem validation (DDR, persistent memory, error injection, etc.)
  • Power management and telemetry
  • Platform security features (TPM, SPDM, Secure Boot, RoT-based attestation, etc.)
  • Virtualization and firmware enablement (ACPI, SR-IOV, etc.)
  • High-speed I/O validation (PCIe, CXL)
  • Sideband protocols (MCTP, SPDM, PLDM, RDE, etc.)

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor's or master's degree in related discipline preferred.