2027 Undergrad Firmware Engineering Co-op/Intern

About the role

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.

What you will be doing

• Craft, implement, debug, and validate features on reference hardware and software, pre-silicon emulation and simulation environments supporting AMD products
• Actively participate in design reviews, code reviews and project planning
• Build and complete clear documentation for all software produced
• Work on both internal and external platforms
• Learn and apply AGILE methodologies and standard processes for Software Engineering

You may be involved in one or more (but not limited to) of the following work:

• 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 with involvement in Waveform level analysis to root cause FW/HW issues

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a US based University in a Bachelor's program majoring in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Skills

• 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

Location & schedule

San Jose, CA or Santa Clara, CA. This role requires the student to work full time (40 hours a week), in either a hybrid or onsite work structure throughout the duration of the co-op/intern term.

Spring/Summer Co-op: January 15, 2027 - August 13, 2027

Summer Internship: Semester Students: May 24, 2027 - August 13, 2027 | Quarter Students: June 21, 2027 - September 10, 2027

Summer/Fall Co-op: Semester Students: May 24, 2027 - December 10, 2027 | Quarter Students: June 21, 2027 - December 10, 2027

Pay & benefits

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.