Senior BIOS & Firmware Applications Engineer

Senior BIOS & Firmware Applications Engineer

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you'll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

Job Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience and prior working experience on UEFI BIOS
• Good understanding of BIOS variants like EDK2 and Coreboot
• Experience with BIOS debug, BIOS tuning and customization
• In-depth system level understanding of Embedded Systems, including Processors, System Interfaces, and system requirements
• Good understanding of Operating Systems (like Linux) and Software Stack
• Desire to be hands on with AMD x86 Embedded tools, devices, boards and software
• Technical expertise in Application CPUs, real-time CPUs and microcontrollers in x86 architecture
• Experience with Bootloaders, U-boot, and Linux
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Proven ability to write application notes, white papers, & customer presentations
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment as part of a collaborative team across multiple geographies to creatively solve challenging problems
• Fully self-sufficient in software development concepts and methods, coding, and debugging
• Strong interpersonal skills to work with engineering, marketing, customers, FAEs and sales to deliver timely solutions

Responsibilities:

• Define and create customer demos or example designs
• Support customers with BIOS issues and configuration on x86 based processing systems
• Run industry standard benchmarks and present results to the field and customers
• Develop and run tests to measure system level bandwidth and latency, using performance tools, for different applications
• Develop and test systems with Linux and/or RTOS
• Investigate issues on protocols like I2C, UART, USB, Ethernet, PCIE etc.
• Strong programming skills and understanding of Python and C/C++
• Document best practices for BIOS, performance optimization, etc.
• Develop training and marketing material for Sales team
• Drive the needs back through engineering to deliver solutions that customers can use

Academic Credentials:

• Bachelors or Masters degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.