2026 Masters Firmware Engineering Intern/Co-op

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Santa Clara, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. As an AMD intern and co-op, you’ll be placed at the epicenter of the AI ecosystem, working alongside experts and industry pioneers. You’ll do important work, learn new skills, expand your network, and gain real-world experience on projects that impact millions of end-users worldwide. Whether you’re an undergrad or a PhD student, your contributions matter—and your experience here will be a launchpad for what comes next. We are seeking highly motivated Firmware Engineering intern/co-op to join our team and work with team members in the support, design, development, and delivery of Firmware for AMD’s discrete and embedded products. In this role –

Requirements

You are currently enrolled in a US based University in a Masters degree program majoring in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Low level BIOS, firmware, or system software development
Low level programming language C/C++ and knowledge of hardware architectures
Embedded system, RTOS, and embedded controller structure
Source control, debuggers, compilers and system wide debugging from software to firmware to hardware
Opensource concepts
VHDL/Verilog/FPGA and general hardware design concepts and process
Linux development environments
Architectural understanding and/or experience of graphics/compute pipelines
Perforce, JIRA, Git, or similar tools

Responsibilities

We will assign you responsibilities to craft, implement, debug, and validate features on reference hardware and software, pre-silicon emulation and simulation environments supporting AMD products
We will encourage to actively participate in design reviews, code reviews and project planning
We will train you to build and complete clear documentation for all software produced
We will provide opportunity to work on both internal and external platforms
We will help you learn and apply AGILE methodologies and standard processes for Software Engineering
Engage in x86 firmware development using C
Design, Build and Implementation of Embedded Firmware + Bootrom/HW
Debug issues at the boundary of FW and HW. We will have your involvement in Waveform level analysis to root cause FW/HW issues