Senior Firmware Engineer - BIOS Development

AMD is searching for a candidate who will employ proven software methodologies, firmware design expertise, deep technical knowledge, strong customer communication, and well-honed organizational skills across multiple teams to ensure on-schedule, defect-free customer BIOS solutions. This will involve providing technical leadership and mentorship as the external face of AMD’s firmware design team, while internally proactively managing issues and risks.

To be successful you must possess the technical proficiency and interpersonal confidence to technically clearly represent design ideas, sophisticated problem descriptions, and innovative solutions with other developers as well as customer teams.

Duration: Initially listed as 6 months, but extension to 1 year is possible based on performance and candidate strength.

Location: 100% remote is acceptable. Location is secondary to candidate quality.

Must-Have:

- BIOS/UEFI firmware development experience (ideally 2–3 years).

- Standard C programming.

- x86 Assembly (or any assembly language).

Nice-to-Have:

- Python.

- Experience with Linux drivers, coreboot, or U-Boot is acceptable if the candidate has strong hardware knowledge (e.g., PCI).

Preferred Background:

- Experience at companies like Dell, HP, Lenovo, Intel, AMD, ARM, NVIDIA, or BIOS vendors like AMI, Phoenix.

The Role:

AMD Enterprise team is currently looking for engineers who are passionate about Server products and would like to be part of our EPYC journey to greatly impact the x86 server market. Our team is dedicated to developing and deploying cutting edge technologies, such as our advanced chiplet design, the latest silicon process technologies, and our streamlined IO architecture, to create the groundbreaking products that solve tomorrow’s challenges in today’s data driven world. We are hiring engineers interested in developing Platform bios solutions using AMD's EDK2 codebase, future platform bios architecture and maintain existing product execution stream. Strong candidates will have server firmware experience in the arena of EDKII BIOS, will apply well-honed debug methodologies to solve complex issues, and will collaborate with internal design teams as well as other firmware organizations on solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• In-depth UEFI BIOS development experience mandatory

• Design and develop EDK2 platform BIOS based on the silicon and board features

• Experience in server BIOS architecture mandatory

Preferred Experience:

• 2+ years experience in BIOS, firmware, or system software development with proven knowledge of x86 system architecture

• C and ASM programming experience mandatory

• Python and groovy experience desired.

• Knowledge of server hardware interfaces (10G/1G Ethernet, SATA, AHCI, DDR3, PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3, SPI, I2C) encouraged

• Intimate knowledge of software development process methodology expected

• Knowledge of industry-standard initiatives such as (ACPI, SMBIOS, PCIe) expected

• Experience with Git, Github, Jenkins.

• Strong analytical skills and debug methodology encouraged

Education:

• BSEE, BSCS, or BSCE degree or higher with 2+ years experience in firmware development

• Candidates should enjoy working in a dynamic team environment