Sr. Software Development Engineer
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. AMD’s Server Security Processor Firmware team is looking for a firmware engineer to design, develop, and debug firmware solutions for AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization. The engineer will develop new firmware and test suites for new processors, collaborate with customers and partners on new initiatives, resolve technical challenges, and align efforts across engineering teams and business units within AMD.
Requirements
- Low-level software or embedded firmware development experience
- Proven foundation in Rust, C and C++ programming.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Experience with computer architecture.
- Experience with source control systems such as git.
- Experience with processor, board, or ASIC new product bring-up.
- An understanding of embedded firmware or device driver development.
- An understanding of assembly level programming and optimizations.
- Experiences working with RTOS and other embedded OS environments.
- Well versed in software engineering practices.
- Excellent programming and debugging skill.
- Excellent communications skills: verbal, written and interpersonal.
- Experience working in firmware or device driver development in large scale products.
- Experience or a strong desire to learn secure coding processes and basics of encryption technology.
- Self-starter that collaborates well in a small team of driven engineers.
- Understand the importance of developer testing all changes.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working on x86 server platforms.
- Experience with GoogleTest framework.
- Experience with pre-silicon development on FPGAs or simulation environments
- An understanding of PCIe, TDISP, SPDM, Virtualization, and IOMMU
- Experience with security related technologies such as Secure Boot, TPM, AES, DES, RSA, AMD Secure Memory Encryption, AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization
- Experience with PCIe, TDISP, SPDM, Virtualization programming
- Experience with JTAG debuggers and other tools.
- Ability to work independently under tight deadlines, responding to changing business and technical conditions with minimal direction.
- Experience with virtualization, hypervisors/VMs, and Linux kernel is desired.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and debug firmware solutions for AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization.
- Develop new firmware and test suites for new processors.
- Collaborate with customers and partners on new initiatives.
- Resolve technical challenges.
- Align efforts across engineering teams and business units within AMD.
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
