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THE ROLE:

We are looking for a Firmware Engineer with a strong background in low level firmware and SoC power management. As part of the Power Management Firmware (PMFW) team, the Engineer will design, develop, integrate, and debug firmware responsible for power management and platform control across AMD SoCs. The role spans pre silicon development and validation through silicon bring up, production readiness, and customer enablement.

The engineer will work closely with firmware architects, silicon design, power and performance teams, BIOS, validation, and other firmware teams to develop robust platform firmware and drive complex issues to resolution.

THE PERSON:

You are passionate about low level firmware development and enjoy solving complex problems at the intersection of hardware and software. You are a motivated self starter who can work independently while collaborating effectively across firmware, silicon, validation, and architecture teams. You have strong debugging and problem solving skills and are comfortable owning technical problems from initial investigation through root cause and resolution. You have excellent technical communication and interpersonal skills and can provide technical leadership on complex firmware development and platform bring up activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop, integrate, and debug platform management and power management firmware for AMD SoCs
• Lead firmware feature development from pre silicon through silicon bring up, validation, and production
• Debug complex firmware and hardware interactions and drive issues through root cause and resolution
• Collaborate with architecture, silicon, BIOS, validation, and power teams to define and deliver platform features
• Provide technical leadership, design and code reviews, and mentorship to other firmware engineers

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong embedded firmware development experience with C and C++
• Experience with SoC power management, boot, reset, initialization, or other low level platform firmware
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture and hardware firmware interfaces
• Experience with pre silicon development and post silicon bring up and debug
• Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills across firmware and hardware boundaries
• Demonstrated ability to independently own complex firmware features and technical problems
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI assisted development and debugging tools to improve firmware quality, debug efficiency, and engineering productivity

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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