2027 Undergrad Firmware Engineering Intern/Co-op

About the role

As an AMD intern or 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. Your contributions matter—and your experience here will be a launchpad for what comes next.

Schedule

This role requires full-time work (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
• Summer Internship (Quarter Students): June 21, 2027 - September 10, 2027
• Summer/Fall Co-op (Semester Students): May 24, 2027 - December 10, 2027
• Summer/Fall Co-op (Quarter Students): June 21, 2027 - December 10, 2027

Locations: Austin, TX; Boxborough, MA; Fort Collins, CO; Longmont, CO; Fishkill, NY; Rochester, NY; Secaucus, NJ

Responsibilities

• Craft, implement, debug, and validate firmware 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.
• Engage in one or more of the following (but not limited to):
  • x86 firmware development using C.
  • Design, build, and implementation of embedded firmware + Bootrom/HW.
  • Debug issues at the boundary of firmware and hardware, including waveform-level analysis to root cause FW/HW issues.

Requirements

You are 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

If you have knowledge or experience with any of the following technical skills (or related areas) and are enthusiastic about this role, we strongly encourage you to apply:

• Low-level BIOS, firmware, or system software development.
• Low-level programming languages C/C++ and knowledge of hardware architectures.
• Embedded systems, RTOS, and embedded controller structure.
• Source control, debuggers, compilers, and system-wide debugging from software to firmware to hardware.
• Open-source concepts.
• VHDL/Verilog/FPGA and general hardware design concepts and processes.
• Linux development environments.
• Architectural understanding and/or experience of graphics/compute pipelines.
• Perforce, JIRA, Git, or similar tools.

Benefits

AMD offers a range of benefits for interns and co-ops. For more details, see AMD benefits at a glance.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.