Fellow Firmware Engineering

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); In loco; USD 250.000 - 380.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. seeks a seasoned Fellow in Firmware Engineering to own firmware architecture for CPU and GPU SoCs, spanning multiple generations.

You will drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design and verification teams and shape how we validate, automate, and scale firmware, including AI-native workflows, from pre-silicon to field deployment. You will lead technical direction, mentor engineers, collaborate with partners, and influence industry standards while

Competenze

• Proven track record delivering production firmware for complex SoCs.
• Expertise in C, embedded assembly, C++, and Python.
• Experience with RTOS, BSPs, and hardware interfaces.
• Experience guiding silicon bring-up and post-silicon bring-up.

Mansioni

• Own firmware architecture for CPU/GPU SoCs across generations.
• Drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design, verification and power teams.
• Set technical direction for firmware quality, validation strategy, CI/CD and sanity infrastructure.
• Define the organization's AI-native development strategy and workflows.
• Lead resolution of cross-functional issues spanning silicon, firmware and system software.
• Represent AMD's firmware position in industry standards bodies and customer reviews.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across teams and sites.

Conoscenze

Firmware architecture

C programming

Embedded assembly

C++

Python

RTOS knowledge

BSPs & HALs

Silicon bring-up leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Formazione

Master's or PhD in EE/CE/Engineering Science/CS

Strumenti

CI/CD pipelines

Emulation

RTL simulation

Descrizione del lavoro

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THE ROLE:

This is an exceptional opportunity to set the technical direction for firmware spanning AMD's CPU and GPU product lines. As a Fellow in the Firmware Engineering team you will own firmware architecture across multiple SoC generations, drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design and verification, and define how the organization builds, validates and automates firmware — including how we adopt AI-native and agentic development at scale. Decisions you make here are felt from pre-silicon emulation through to production in the field.

THE PERSON:

You are a deeply experienced firmware architect with a record of solving the hardest problems in embedded systems and bringing teams with you while you do it. You are comfortable setting direction where none exists and then driving it to a shipped result. You have the technical communication skills and credibility to influence peers, senior management and external partners alike, and you find as much satisfaction in growing the engineers around you as in the code you write yourself.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own firmware architecture for CPU and GPU SoC subsystems across multiple product generations, from specification through production.
• Drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design, verification, power management, BIOS and driver teams; influence silicon definition based on firmware requirements.
• Set technical direction for firmware quality, validation strategy, CI/CD and sanity infrastructure across the organization.
• Define the organization's AI-native development strategy — agentic coding workflows, AI-assisted test-case generation, automated triage and review — and drive adoption.
• Lead resolution of the most complex cross-functional issues spanning silicon, firmware, driver and system software.
• Represent AMD's firmware position in industry standards bodies, customer engagements and partner technical reviews.
• Guide pre-silicon enablement (emulation, RTL simulation, modeling platforms) and post-silicon bring-up strategy.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across multiple teams and sites.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive experience architecting and delivering production firmware for complex SoCs — CPU, GPU, or both.
• Expert in C and embedded assembly; strong in C++ and Python.
• Deep understanding of low-level hardware/firmware interfaces, multi-core firmware design and performance optimization.
• Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems, board support packages and hardware abstraction layers across shared code bases.
• Demonstrated leadership of silicon bring-up — lab debug, triage and driving issues to root cause through production.

  ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

  • Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science or Computer Science

  LOCATION:

  Santa Clara, CA

  This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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