Open BMC - System Software Developer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 500,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD in Hyderabad, India is seeking a highly skilled OpenBMC Software Engineer to join our Embedded Software team. You will develop and maintain OpenBMC solutions for next-generation AMD platforms, interfacing with hardware, firmware, and platform teams.

The role requires strong Embedded Linux, Yocto, OpenBMC, Linux kernel development, and BSP customization, with board bring-up activities and collaboration across cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable firmware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 9–12 years of software development experience.
• Strong object-oriented programming in C/C++.
• Experience with Embedded Linux, Yocto, OpenBMC, U-Boot and kernel development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain OpenBMC software stacks for AMD platforms.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware and platform teams for bring-up and integration.
• Design and implement Linux kernel drivers and user-space applications.
• Customize Yocto recipes, layers and build infrastructure.
• Debug boot, networking, storage, and hardware management issues.
• Collaborate with upstream OpenBMC and open-source communities.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded Linux

OpenBMC

Yocto Project

Board bring-up

Linux kernel

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/CE

Tools

Git/Gerrit

Linux debugging tools

U-Boot

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.

Whetheryou’redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger—technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a highly motivated OpenBMC Software Engineer to join our Embedded Software team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Embedded Linux, Yocto, OpenBMC, Linux kernel development, BSP customization, and board bring-up activities. The engineer will work closely with hardware, firmware, and platform teams to develop and maintain OpenBMC solutions for next-generation AMD platforms.

Location: Hyderabad, India

THE PERSON

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products
• Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture
• Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies
• Participating in new ASIC and hardware bring up s

• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners
• Develop, customize, and maintain OpenBMC software stacks.
• Develop and debug Linux kernel drivers and user-space applications.
• Perform board bring-up and hardware/software integration.
• Customize Yocto recipes, layers, and build infrastructure.
• Debug boot, networking, storage, and hardware management issues.
• Collaborate with upstream OpenBMC and open-source communities.
• Create technical documentation and support internal/external stakeholders.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++ preferred with 9 to 12 years experience.
• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail
• 9 to 12 experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers.
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills
• 5 to 7 experience to integrate and validate platform management interfaces such as:
  • Redfish
  • IPMI
  • PLDM
  • MCTP
• 9 to 12 Hands-on experience with:
  • Embedded Linux
  • Yocto Project
  • OpenBMC
  • U-Boot
  • Linux Kernel
• 5 to 7 years of experience with board bring-up and BSP development.
• Understanding of hardware interfaces:
  • I2C
  • SPI
  • UART
  • GPIO
  • eSPI
  • PCIe
  • Ethernet
• Proficient with Git/Gerrit and Linux debugging tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ASPEED, ARM-based SoCs, or AMD Adaptive SoCs.
• Familiarity with secure boot, firmware update mechanisms, and BMC security.
• Experience contributing to upstream projects.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

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

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. 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.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.