Senior Memory Firmware Engineer

Job description

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At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.  Together, we advance your career.  

The Role:
We are seeking an Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer to develop and support firmware for server memory controllers and related platform subsystems. This is a hands-on role focused on implementing, debugging, and optimizing embedded firmware that enables reliable memory operation across AMD server platforms.  You will collaborate with silicon design, platform architecture, validation, and software teams throughout the development lifecycle from early bring-up through production.  Ensuring firmware quality, security, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, and maintain embedded firmware for server memory controllers and memory-related subsystems
• Support memory initialization, configuration, training, and runtime management
• Collaborate with hardware, architecture, validation, and software teams to define and implement firmware requirements
• Implement firmware features related to compression and encryption
• Debug hardware/firmware interactions during bring-up and post-silicon validation
• Apply security best practices to protect against firmware-level vulnerabilities
• Create and maintain firmware design documentation and implementation notes
• Contribute to continuous improvement in firmware quality, robustness, and maintainability

Preferred Experience:

• Proven experience in embedded firmware or low-level software development
• Proficiency in C, and C++
• Hands-on experience with embedded firmware development and hardware/software interfaces
• Experience working with memory subsystems or memory-adjacent firmware
• Exposure to compression and/or encryption in firmware or low-level software
• Experience with system bring-up and debugging complex platform issues
• Familiarity with JTAG debuggers, source-level debuggers, and logging tools
• Experience with Git or similar source control systems
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Familiarity with Design for test methodologies.
• Experience working on server platforms.
• Experiences working with RTOS and other embedded OS environments.
• Experience with DDR, SPI, eSPI, I2C, LPC, or PCIe.
• An understanding of microprocessor architecture including memory management units, interrupt delivery, multithreaded development.
• Experience with technologies such as Secure Boot, TPM, AES, DES, RSA, AMD Secure Memory Encryption, AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization.
• Well versed in software engineering practices.
• Ability to work independently under tight deadlines, responding to changing business and technical conditions with minimal direction.

Academic Credentials:

• Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Locations:

Austin, TX, Santa Clara, CA  or  Markham, ON 

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship 

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.