BIOS Firmware Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Austin, TX (Job ID 54477-en-us)

Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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THE ROLE: 

At AMD we push the boundaries of what is possible. We drive innovation in power and performance and immersive graphics, creating a new experience for users. This position entails architecting, coding, debugging, upstreaming platform BIOS features with a goal of developing competitive and innovative reference design products for multiple internal and external customers. A successful candidate will employ solid software methodologies, firmware design expertise, have deep technical knowledge and well-honed organizational skills. The candidate will interact across multiple teams to ensure on schedule, defect-free system firmware, push product development and reduce AMD's time to market. A candidate must possess technical proficiency and interpersonal confidence to represent design ideas to complex problem descriptions and innovative solutions with other developers as well as non-firmware focused silicon teams. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Port UEFI EDK2 Tiano core code to x86 based AMD reference and OEM customer designs 

• Develop UEFI BIOS code to support features and customizations that distinguish the customer platforms from the competition 

• Work directly with OEMs collecting product requirements, developing new features and work collaboratively on debug investigations 

• Work with worldwide engineering teams on hardware and firmware issues from pre-BIOS bring up, board bring up, feature enablement, bug triage/resolution and through product sustaining 

• Work closely with internal UEFI/Firmware teams and silicon IP owners for problem analysis & debug 

• Develop and drive best practices within the BIOS development team 

• Effectively communicate BIOS development and debug status to key internal/external stakeholders 

• Produce internal documentation for feature development, debugging and testing results 
• Participate in the continuous improvement of the internal & customer BIOS development processes

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Expert C programmer 

• Low-level hardware experience 

• Strong debug methodology and analytical skills 

• Expert in BIOS architecture and execution flow 

• Expert in UEFI architecture and able to code within the UEFI framework 

• Expert in x86 architecture (a plus if experienced in AMD x86) 

• Expert in ACPI architecture and coding 

• Knowledge of hardware interfaces (SATA, AHCI, DDR, PCIe, SPI, I2C) 

• Expert knowledge of software development process methodology 

• Knowledge of industry standard initiatives such as (UEFI, ACPI, SMBIOS, PCIe) 

• Expert working knowledge of different flavors of Git source version control 

• Prior years of experience in UEFI BIOS development 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other relevant field  

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.