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Sr. Firmware Engineer

austin, TX

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About this opportunity

AMD lists this Sr. Firmware Engineer opportunity in austin, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them.

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them. AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger - technology that moves the world forward.

The Role

AMD is looking for a talented leader to help develop innovative solutions and software features, bring up new products, and improve the quality of our existing software.

The Person

We are looking for a firmware development leader to design and implement embedded firmware to enable a wide range of power, performance, and security features. The successful candidate will employ solid design methodologies, deep technical knowledge, and well-honed debug skills across multiple FW components to ensure on-schedule, defect-free system firmware product development, enabling critical firmware development to data center customers.

The engineer will engage as an active team player, driving cross team development, provide leadership to developers, and always be ready to take on new challenges. There is an opportunity to provide technical leadership and guidance to developers, program managers, and people managers. The engineer will participate in design reviews, firmware quality improvements, and architectural discussions.

Requirements

Strong problem-solving skills.

Experience with x86, ARM and/or RISC-V architecture.

Experience embedded firmware and/or device driver development.

Experience with pre-silicon development on FPGAs or simulation environments.

Experience with board, processor, or ASIC bring-up.

Experience with DDR, SPI, eSPI, I2C, LPC, and PCIe.

Experience in hardware/software interfaces and debugging sophisticated issues in CPU and firmware using JTAG, source code debuggers and other tools is a must.

Experience with source control systems such as svn or git.

Experiences working with RTOS and other embedded OS environments.

Complete mastery of C programming language with recent programming experience.

Highly responsive, transparent, and proactive communication.

Consistent availability.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working on server platforms.

Well versed in software engineering practices.

Ability to work independently under tight deadlines, responding to changing business and technical conditions with minimal direction.

Experienced in BIOS/Firmware Development

Excellent communications skills: verbal, written and interpersonal.

Academic Credentials

BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Electrical or Computer Engineering

MBA is plus

Location

Austin, TX

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD's "Responsible AI Policy" is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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Worksite address

austin, TX, 78716, US

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