Firmware Engineer

The Person:

A successful candidate will employ proven software methodologies, firmware design expertise, deep technical knowledge, strong customer communication, and well-honed organizational skills across multiple teams to ensure on-schedule, defect-free customer BIOS solutions. This will involve providing technical leadership and mentorship as the external face of AMD s firmware design team, while internally proactively managing issues and risks.

To be successful you must possess the technical proficiency and interpersonal confidence to technically clearly represent design ideas, sophisticated problem descriptions, and innovative solutions with other developers as well as customer teams.

Key Responsibilities:
In-depth UEFI BIOS development experience mandatory, AMI bios x86 development experience.
Design and develop AMI platform BIOS based on the silicon and board features
C and ASM programming experience mandatory
Experience in server BIOS architecture mandatory
Preferred Experience:
5+ years experience in BIOS, firmware, or system software development with proven knowledge of x86 system architecture
Excellent C language track record, x86 assembly experience a plus
Knowledge of server hardware interfaces (10G/1G Ethernet, SATA, AHCI, DDR3, PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3, SPI, I2C) encouraged
Intimate knowledge of RAS architecture preferred
Intimate knowledge of PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3, NVMe and PCIe Hotplug, DDR5 Memory preferred
Intimate knowledge of software development process methodology expected
Knowledge of industry-standard initiatives such as (ACPI, SMBIOS, PCIe) expected
Proficient with Source version control systems like Git, Review tools like Gerrit
Strong analytical skills and debug methodology encouraged
Education:
BSEE, BSCS, or BSCE degree or higher with 5-7 years or MS with 3-5 years of experience in firmware development
Candidates should enjoy working in a dynamic team environment