BIOS QA Engineer

Cisco - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Jose, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The BIOS QA Engineer will be part of a next-generation data center compute product team, focusing on ensuring the quality of the UCS B-series Server Platform. This role involves driving architecture and design discussions, writing and executing test plans, and providing feedback to hardware and software teams. The engineer will also contribute to automation scripting and evaluate technologies to enhance Cisco solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture and design discussions to ensure product quality.
• Write test plans and execute test cases independently.
• Contribute to automation scripting.
• Evaluate technologies to improve Cisco solutions.
• Provide constant feedback to hardware and software teams for improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of experience or Master's degree with 4+ years of strong X86 server QA working experience.
• Experience with debugging BIOS, OS, hardware, and driver issues.
• Experience in shell or Python script programming and/or C/C++ programming language.

Nice-to-haves

• Expertise in Tiano based BIOS, memory sub-system, and ECC error handling.
• Knowledge of PCIE, SMBIOS, ACPI, IPMI, and UEFI.
• Experience in validation labs.
• Understanding of software quality assurance processes and methodologies.
• Knowledgeable in Windows, Linux, and VMWare OS behaviors and networking.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Numerous wellbeing offerings
• Up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year
• 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year
• Paid time off for critical or emergency issues
• Additional paid time to volunteer
• Employee Stock Purchase Program