BIOS Firmware Engineer
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WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING
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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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AMD together we advance_
THE ROLE:
Exciting opportunity within the Embedded BIOS/coreboot/FSP (firmware support package) development team working on latest cutting-edge embedded CPU/APU technologies. In this role you will be responsible to design, develop, and debug BIOS for internal/external systems, platforms primarily in pre-silicon emulation/simulation environment that use AMD CPU/APU.
THE PERSON :
The ideal candidate has experience doing BIOS port, platform bring up, and support through product launch of BIOS/UEFI based x86 platforms. Need strong problem-solving skills, with a collaborative can-do attitude. Strong knowledge of computer architecture and low-level programming in C.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
LOCATION:
Austin, TX
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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.
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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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AMD together we advance_
THE ROLE:
Exciting opportunity within the Embedded BIOS/coreboot/FSP (firmware support package) development team working on latest cutting-edge embedded CPU/APU technologies. In this role you will be responsible to design, develop, and debug BIOS for internal/external systems, platforms primarily in pre-silicon emulation/simulation environment that use AMD CPU/APU.
THE PERSON :
The ideal candidate has experience doing BIOS port, platform bring up, and support through product launch of BIOS/UEFI based x86 platforms. Need strong problem-solving skills, with a collaborative can-do attitude. Strong knowledge of computer architecture and low-level programming in C.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for BIOS/coreboot and pre-OS driver development including design, documentation, unit testing and debug for pre and post silicon support.
- Engage with technical leads to understand coreboot/fsp firmware scope and work on implementation to meet schedules and milestones.
- Work with internal and external teams to ensure highest level of quality and satisfaction throughout firmware lifecycle.
- Must be well-organized, technically oriented, and a self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and coordinate activities with geographically distributed technical teams.
- Desire to work and succeed on fast-paced and highly dynamic environments.
- BIOS/FW simulation emulation experience Pre-silicon environment
Hands on debugging with emulator, simulation environment.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Experience in the x86 BIOS/UEFI FSP/coreboot development
- Experience with x86 CPU/APU architectures and associated compilation tools
- Expert in C language
- Experience with platform bring-up
- Familiar with coreboot boot stages, UPDs (updatable database), memory map, FSP (firmware support package), devicetree concept, payloads to OS bootloader handoff
- Working experience of industry standard protocols like PCIe, SPI, eSPI, ACPI, SMM (system management mode)
- Experience on working with opensource coreboot project & mainboard related porting with GPIO (general purpose I/O), PCIe lanes, board fmd configs and board bring-up experience on customer platforms.
- Experience on working with Intel FSP package source code and understanding of coreboot & FSP boot flow
- Understanding of coreboot & FSP build tools and build processes
- Experience of working with different coreboot payloads like EDK II, SeaBios, Tianocore etc
- Ability to read platform Hardware and Processor specifications to understand the coreboot mainboard porting required
- Good understanding of UEFI framework concepts to port UEFI code to FSP (Firmware Support Package)
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelor ' s or Master ' s in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field
LOCATION:
Austin, TX
#LI-HYBRID
#LI-AP3
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.
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