SoC Boot Firmware Engineer (Pre-Silicon, Low-Level)

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD in California is seeking an embedded systems engineer to own low-level boot firmware for SoC initialization, bridging firmware and hardware in a pre-silicon environment. You will translate architecture requirements into robust code, support simulation, and work with design and verification teams across client, server, and AI platforms.

The ideal candidate has strong C/C++ for embedded systems, familiarity with ARM/RISC-V, and hands-on experience with boot flows, HDL, and pre-silicon

Qualifications

• Strong experience in low-level firmware development for embedded systems.
• Familiarity with boot flows, resets, clocks, and initialization.
• Exposure to pre-silicon environments and simulation-based development.
• Collaborative work with design verification and hardware teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain boot firmware for SoC initialization and boot flows.
• Translate architecture requirements into efficient firmware solutions.
• Design and implement unit tests for boot and initialization features.
• Collaborate with verification teams to support pre-silicon validation.
• Debug issues across firmware, simulation, RTL, and post-silicon environments.
• Analyze failures, identify root causes, and drive resolution with teams.
• Support silicon bring-up activities and post-silicon debug.
• Contribute to feature/documentation in system interactions.

Skills

C/C++ (embedded)

ARM/RISC-V

SoC boot flows

Pre-silicon validation

DV collaboration

HDL (Verilog/SystemVerilog)

Firmware debugging

UVM verification

Scripting (Shell/Makefile)

Emulation / silicon bring-up

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in EE/CE

Job description

AMD in California is seeking an embedded systems engineer to own low-level boot firmware for SoC initialization, bridging firmware and hardware in a pre-silicon environment. You will translate architecture requirements into robust code, support simulation, and work with design and verification teams across client, server, and AI platforms.

The ideal candidate has strong C/C++ for embedded systems, familiarity with ARM/RISC-V, and hands-on experience with boot flows, HDL, and pre-silicon