MTS Firmware Engineer - 82546

Company: AMD
Location: Austin
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

What You Do At AMD Changes Everything

At AMD, we push the boundaries of what is possible. We believe in changing the world for the better by driving innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies - building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms, and the data center.

Developing great technology takes more than talent: it takes amazing people who understand collaboration, respect, and who will go the "extra mile" to achieve unthinkable results. It takes people who have the passion and desire to disrupt the status quo, push boundaries, deliver innovation, and change the world. If you have this type of passion, we invite you to take a look at the opportunities available to come join our team.

Coreboot BIOS Engineer

The Role

An exciting opportunity within the Client BIOS development team working on the latest cutting-edge CPU/APU technologies.

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting AMD Chromebook customers. You will partner with their firmware development teams to successfully develop and bring to market their Chromebook products

The Person

The ideal candidate has experience doing BIOS port, bring up, and support through product launch of Chromebooks/Coreboot based platforms. A candidate who has extensive experience doing the same on UEFI based platforms is also attractive.

The candidate should be a highly motivated, self-learning firmware engineer and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. In this role, you will be working closely with the end customer debugging and resolving issues in a timely manner to assure they can make their schedules.

Strong communication skills are very important.

Key Responsibilities

• Porting and bring up of Coreboot BIOS for customer Chromebook motherboard.
• Work closely with customers to address and resolve BIOS issues.
• Able to work to a deadline in a fast-paced environment.
• Work to enable features, optimize BIOS performance, and improve reliability.
• Able to multi-task between several customers.
  
  Preferred Experience
  
  • Strong knowledge of Coreboot (preferred) or UEFI.
  • BIOS, firmware, or system software development.
  • Experience porting BIOSs to new platforms
  • Experience performing system bring-ups
  • Expert at C language; knowledge of assembly
  • Familiarity with x86 and ARM CPU/APU architectures and associated compile tools
  • Must have strong system debugging skills.
  • Able to read and interpret system schematics.
  • Strong communication skills
    
    Academic Credentials
    
    • BS-CS/BS-EE with 5+ years experience with BIOS, firmware or system software development
    • MS-CS/MS-EE with 3+ years experience; with BIOS, firmware, or system software development
      LOCATION:
      
      • Austin, TX (preferred) but anywhere in the US is acceptable
        
        Requisition Number: 82546
        Country: United States State: Texas City: Austin
        Job Function: Design
        
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