Firmware Engineer

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THE ROLE: 

AMD is looking for a specialized Firmware Engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.  

The Software Security Team is responsible for development and enablement of Platform and Content security features across the software stack including device drivers, firmware, and application level interfaces.    The group is responsible for supporting the entire range of AMD products including APUs, CPUs, GPUs and Custom SOC, enabling customers to build competitive solutions.  

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.  Ability to work independently under tight deadlines, responding to changing business and technical conditions with minimal direction.  Strong communications skills: verbal, written and interpersonal

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
As a member of the Software Security Engineering group you will participate in all aspects of development life cycle to include:

• Driving enablement of security centric features across wide range of AMD SOCs, focusing on development of embedded firmware, boot loaders, and content security. 
• Design, implement and validate embedded firmware enabling a wide range of security features
• Develop new software features and enhancements within pre & post silicon environments
• Engage as an active team player, leverage AGILE methodologies to drive cross team development, provide leadership to junior developers and always ready to take on new challenges
• Participate in design reviews, quality improvements and architectural discussions

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with low level development in C / C++
• Experience with embedded firmware development on ARM, RISC-V or x86 microprocessors
• Familiarity with pre-silicon validation on FPGAs or simulation environments along with ASIC bring-up
• Knowledge of Cryptography, DRM & Platform Security concept
  
• Familiarity with pre-silicon validation and ASIC bring-up
• Well versed in software engineering practices to drive timely execution and long term sustainability

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Undergrad degree required.  University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline preferred.

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