Embedded Firmware Engineer

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About the role

The focus of this role is to develop and verify the embedded firmware in AMD's mixed-signal power management IP, and to contribute to the RTL design and verification of the hardware that firmware controls.

Responsibilities

• Embedded Firmware Development
  • Design, implement, and maintain bare-metal embedded firmware in C/C++ in a mixed-signal power management IC
  • Own firmware architecture for boot and reset sequencing, interrupt handling, communication, fault detection and response
  • Develop and maintain the firmware/hardware interface in partnership with RTL design, including register map and programming model definition
  • Optimize firmware for tight ROM footprint, RAM usage, and real-time response constraints
• Firmware Verification & Validation
  • Define and execute firmware verification strategy, including unit testing, firmware/RTL co-simulation, and regression automation
  • Debug firmware running against RTL in simulation and emulation environments, driving failures to root cause across the hardware/software boundary
  • Own firmware code quality and release readiness ahead of ROM freeze, given the limited ability to patch after tape-out
  • Support post-silicon bring-up, debug, and firmware validation on silicon
• RTL Design & Verification Support
  • Contribute to SystemVerilog RTL design and verification for blocks across the team as project needs require
  • Partner with the verification team to review test plans and ensure firmware-driven scenarios are covered at block and system level
• Collaboration
  • Work across Analog, RTL Design, Systems Engineering, Architecture, and Product Engineering teams
  • Contribute to design and code reviews, and mentor engineers on embedded firmware practice

Requirements

• Strong C/C++ programming for resource-constrained, bare-metal embedded targets
• Experience developing firmware against hardware register interfaces, including bring-up on pre-silicon models and on silicon
• Proficiency with embedded toolchains, debuggers, and scripting in Python
• Demonstrated ability to debug across the firmware/hardware boundary
• Firmware development for ROM-based or non-patchable targets, with the rigor that implies
• SystemVerilog RTL design and/or verification experience in an ASIC design environment
• Firmware/RTL co-simulation, emulation, or FPGA prototyping experience
• Familiarity with control and telemetry interfaces such as I2C, SPI, APB, SVID, or PMBus
• Post-silicon bring-up and debug experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in electrical/computer engineering or computer science

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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