THE ROLE:   

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Senior Embedded BIOS/Firmware Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s products, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market. The Software Systems Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development. 

We are looking for a technical leader with deep expertise in graphics systems to drive hardware and software enablement for AMD's worldwide embedded customers. In this role, you will:

• Serve as the primary technical resource for AMD embedded customers, working across integrated hardware (CPUs, graphics, memory, IO, BMCs) and software (firmware, drivers, OS, virtualization) environments
• Collaborate closely with AMD Field teams (FAEs and Sales), Marketing, Software, Systems Engineering, and Validation to resolve customer issues
• Lead hardware/software bring-up, debug, and design reviews for both internal and external platforms across Windows and Linux environments
• Produce high-quality technical documentation including reports, application notes, white papers, and use-case analyses

The ideal candidate brings intimate knowledge of PC and graphics architecture, a passion for diagnosing complex platform and system failures, and the ability to think creatively under pressure. This is an intense, hands-on role with high visibility and significant impact on AMD's customer relationships and product success.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:   

• Perform Bios/Firmware development, co-working with customer, understanding their board design and use cases and implementing necessary custom changes to Bios/Firmware to enable the board design.
• Help our customers come up with optimized Bios/Firmware solutions, for issues being encountered and/or implementation of new feature requirements.
• Understand and duplicate customer reported issues focusing on Bios/Firmware perspective.
• Support all phases of each assigned issue, including silicon, board, and software bring up, production and sustaining.
• Drive resolution of all customer technical issues by providing direct support to field engineers and working closely with other departments including H/W Engineering, S/W Engineering and Marketing.
• Perform debug and diagnosis of system issues on customer platforms.
• Run competitive performance analysis for AMD based systems based on customer requirements and analyze possible bottlenecks from a Bios/Firmware perspective.
• Participate in conference calls with customers to communicate status and updates
• Document procedures and methods to clarify solutions for customer issues

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:   

• Programming/scripting skills (e.g., C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python) and overall Bios/Firmware development.
• Extensive knowledge in debug techniques and methodologies ideally from the Automotive Infotainment (IVI) segment.
• Extensive knowledge and hands on experience in PC (Personal Computer) configurations (both Software and Hardware) with methods of Troubleshooting. 

• Knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategies.
• Detailed oriented; ability to multitask through planning/organizing.  
• Excellent Communication and Presentation skills.  

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:   

• Bachelors or master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering.    
• Master’s degree preferred. 

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