Senior Member of Technical Staff Firmware Engineer

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THE ROLE:

AMD is seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) to build features across the firmware and systems software stack for AMD's CPU, GPU and AI platforms, in a fast-paced team that works like a startup inside AMD. Your work will be central to AMD's products, from pre-silicon development to systems in production. Engineers here own features end to end instead of modules: a single feature might take you from firmware through the Linux kernel driver and host tools to the telemetry that management software consumes, and from a simulator to new silicon and production systems.

THE PERSON:

You are a strong, hands-on systems programmer who enjoys solving complex challenges across hardware and software boundaries and goes wherever the problem is. You have deep expertise in one layer of the stack (embedded firmware, Linux kernel and drivers, host software or platform bring-up), are comfortable working across several layers, and pick up the others quickly. You thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and incomplete specifications, take ownership without waiting to be asked, and have the leadership skills to drive complex cross-layer issues to resolution with teams across AMD.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, implement and own features end to end, across embedded firmware, the Linux driver, host libraries and command-line tools, and telemetry and management interfaces.
• Bring up features on full-system simulation and emulation platforms, on new silicon and on production systems; debug across hardware, firmware and software.
• Write unit, integration and system tests for what you build, and keep CI and automated regression green on simulators and hardware.
• Triage and fix system-test and customer issues wherever they land in the stack.
• Act as technical lead for major cross-layer features: break the work down, guide the engineers working on it with you, lead its design and code reviews, and mentor less experienced engineers.
• Contribute to the architecture of the stack and the interfaces between its layers, and work with AMD's architecture and silicon teams to improve next-generation products.
• Use AI-assisted development, code analysis and debugging tools to move faster without lowering quality.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• 12+ years of systems software development in C.
• Production experience in at least one of these areas and hands-on work in at least one other:
• embedded firmware on an RTOS (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, ThreadX or similar);
• Linux kernel and device drivers (PCIe, DMA);
• host software: user-space libraries, command-line tools, telemetry and management interfaces;
• platform bring-up on simulators, emulation, new silicon or production systems.
• A track record of owning features across component boundaries (for example, firmware and driver, or driver and tools).
• Experience in a startup or a small, fast-paced team where you owned work across hardware and software boundaries is a strong plus.
• Hardware/software interface: PCIe, DMA, interrupts and registers.
• SoC firmware domains such as boot and initialization, power management, security, RAS and telemetry; experience with CPU, GPU or accelerator firmware is a plus.
• Silicon or system bring-up, and debugging with simulators, JTAG/trace, Linux kernel tools (ftrace, perf, crash dumps) and logs.
• Python for automation and testing; C++ or Go is a plus; Git-based workflows.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or equivalent.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.