Firmware Systems Design Engineer

The Role We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Firmware Design 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 Firmware Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

The Person As a Firmware Design Engineer, you will drive scalable and automated solutions. In this high visibility position, your systems engineering expertise will be necessary to define products, develop solutions, assess root causes, and produce solution resolutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Driving technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across product development and validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional initiatives

• Firmware Development & Test Automation: Develop scalable firmware, tools, and automation frameworks (Python, C/C++) to increase validation coverage, reduce manual test effort, and improve product quality. Emphasize clean, maintainable code, reusable test libraries, and measurable productivity gains.

• SoC Validation, Debug & Root-Cause Analysis: Execute systematic validation and deep-dive debugging across hardware, silicon, and firmware to isolate and resolve issues during bring-up and production. Apply logic analyzers, JTAG, trace tools, and methodical RCA to close failure loops and reduce field escapes.

• Board-Level System Architecture & Platform Bring-Up: Design and validate board/platform-level interactions (power delivery, sequencing, clocks, interfaces) to ensure stable bring-up and optimal performance. Provide cross-functional support for hardware/firmware trade-offs, issue triage, and feature enablement.

• Debugging issues found during the SOC (System on a Chip) programs bring-up, validation, and production phases

• Working with multiple teams and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time

• Working closely with supporting technical teams: Engaging in other software/hardware modeling frameworks and leading collaborative approaches with multiple teams

• Preferred Experience

• Programming/scripting skills (e.g., C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python).

• Debug techniques and methodologies

• Experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.

• Experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization

• Knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategies

• Academic Credentials

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science

• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.