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Posted: 05/07/2025 Employment Type: Contract Department: Core Technologies - Contract, Microsoft, VMS Job Number: 30473 Industry: SOFT - Software Companies

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Position Title: Firmware Engineer 3/ UEFI SW Developer

Position Description: Protingent has an exciting contract opportunity for a Firmware Engineer 3/ UEFI SW Developer with our client located in Redmond, WA. This is an onsite role 5 days a week.

Job Description:

Looking for a talented UEFI engineers to deliver great customer experiences. As a UEFI engineer the candidate will take bug repro’s and autonomously debug and find root cause and deliver high quality fixed code – across complete in market product portfolio.
The candidate will have the opportunity work with the Post Launch Engineering Dev team as well as other PLE teams, UEFI engineers, electrical engineers, system engineers, architects and other software engineers to find and fix problems that are affecting our customers.
What makes this role interesting? - This role provides the opportunity to hands on working with customer based products and opportunity to be working along side other embedded software engineers at a consumer hardware company. This is a highly visible role with direct customer impact and the team has strong group collaboration, all helping each other and aiming to achieve the same goal.

Job Responsibilities:

Purpose of the Team: The purpose of this team is to support in market products – bug fixes and feature revisions.
Key projects: This role will contribute to take bug repro’s and autonomously debug and find root cause and deliver high quality fixed code – across complete in market product portfolio.
Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: The role will consist of 70% working on bugs, 20% updates, management, working with others, and 10% miscellaneous

Job Qualifications:

Must Have 5 years’ experience with embedded firmware experience
Must Have 5 years’ experience with intel UEFI work
Must Have 3 years’ experience with GIT experience
5+ overall years of experience in the field
Minimum BS in Computer/Software Engineering or related field.
Minimum of 3+ years of experience contributing to the embedded firmware development for products in the consumer PC or consumer electronics industry.
C language development experience (assembly, C# and other higher-level languages as well as host level application programming a plus)
UEFI development experience
ACPI development experience
Extensive use of GIT for code management
Project Mu experience
Python scripting experience
Azure DevOps experience
Proven Embedded FW architecture skills showing a deep understanding of embedded systems, IO's, I2C/SPI and other interconnect buses
Strong problem solving and debugging skills for modern-day multiprocessor systems (able to write/debug code, use HW level code debuggers and diagnostics tools)
Ability to use hardware debugging tools such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG, Flash emulators, ICE, etc. during the firmware development process.
Ability to comprehend board hardware schematics.
Familiarity with modern Intel processors and specifications a plus.
Strong communication skills required, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts in verbal and written forms. Able to scale conversations from block diagrams to C-level code explanations.
Must be able to plan work, and work to a plan adapting as necessary in a rapidly evolving environment.
Enthusiastic, motivated and self-driven.

Job Details:

Job Type: Contract
Location: Redmond, WA (Onsite).
Pay Range: $66/hr. to $85/hr.
An offer of employment is contingent on successfully passing a background check, and applicants who do not successfully pass a background check will not be considered for employment.

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

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