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ADVANCE THE WORLD.\nAt AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.\nWhether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger - technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.\n THE ROLE:\nThe AMD NBIO Team is on the lookout for a dynamic, upbeat Firmware Engineer to join our growing team, focused on High-Speed I/O (HSIO) and Data Transfer IPs. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s IP, you will design and deliver scalable firmware solutions that speed up debug and execution during bring-up and validation cycles for a given program, across forthcoming AMD APU, CPU, Compute, and Discrete Graphics SOC programs. The NBIO Team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.\nTHE PERSON:\nYou have a passion for embedded firmware development and the complex processor architecture and hardware it runs on. You are comfortable working at the boundary between firmware and hardware, and you enjoy building tools and solutions that make debug and validation faster and more reliable. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You are a self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are ready to independently drive tasks to completion.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nAs an IP Firmware Engineer, you will own firmware development and debug tooling for AMD’s HSIO and Data Transfer IPs, partnering closely with hardware design, verification, and diagnostics teams across the SOC bring-up and validation lifecycle.\nDesigning, developing, and maintaining embedded firmware for AMD’s HSIO/Data Transfer IPs, including the firmware/hardware interface, register maps, and programming model, in partnership with RTL/hardware design teams as well as SoC/Platform FW teams.\nDebugging firmware and IP issues across the firmware/hardware/RTL boundary, driving failures to root cause during pre-silicon simulation, emulation, bring-up, and system validation.\nDefining and executing firmware validation strategy, including unit testing, firmware/RTL co-simulation, and regression automation, for HSIO and Data Transfer features.\nDeveloping and enhancing Python-based tools and infrastructure that accelerate data collection, debug turnaround, and execution of validation test plans.\nEngaging on pre-silicon ‘shift left’ activities with cross-functional teams such as Design Verification (DV), Diagnostics, Emulation and other software/hardware modeling frameworks to ensure readiness for first silicon arrival, enablement of IP functionality, and debug of critical features.\nSupporting post-silicon bring-up, debug, and firmware validation on silicon, including issues on customer platforms as requested by customer support teams\nContributing to design and code reviews, authoring documentation, and mentoring engineers on embedded firmware practice.\nLeading collaborative technical discussions to drive resolution of technical issues and roll out technical initiatives.\nPREFERRED EXPERIENCE:\nStrong C/C++ programming for resource-constrained, bare-metal/embedded firmware targets.\nExperience developing firmware against hardware register interfaces, including bring-up on pre-silicon models (simulation, emulation, FPGA) and on silicon.\nDemonstrated ability to debug across the firmware/hardware/RTL boundary using source-code debuggers and other system debug tools, driving issues to root cause.\nExtensive experience with ASIC/firmware debug techniques and methodologies.\nStrong scripting skills in Python for tooling, data processing, and automation development.\nExperience with source control systems such as git.\nKnowledge of physical and protocol levels of common high-speed interfaces is a strong asset.\nIn-depth knowledge of PC architectures/PCIe protocol is an asset.\nPost-silicon bring-up and debug experience including board/platform-level debug, such as clock/power delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization.\nExperience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc. is an asset.\nMust have excellent written and verbal communication skills.\nMust excel in a dynamic team working environment.\nLeadership and mentoring skills a definite asset.\nMust be a self-starter and be able to independently drive tasks to completion.\nACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree majoring in EE, CS, Computer Engineering, or related field.\nLOCATION: Markham, Vancouver\nBenefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.\nAMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.\nAMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.\n\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy.\nTHE ROLE:\nThe AMD NBIO Team is on the lookout for a dynamic, upbeat Firmware Engineer to join our growing team, focused on High-Speed I/O (HSIO) and Data Transfer IPs. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s IP, you will design and deliver scalable firmware solutions that speed up debug and execution during bring-up and validation cycles for a given program, across forthcoming AMD APU, CPU, Compute, and Discrete Graphics SOC programs. The NBIO Team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.\nTHE PERSON:\nYou have a passion for embedded firmware development and the complex processor architecture and hardware it runs on. You are comfortable working at the boundary between firmware and hardware, and you enjoy building tools and solutions that make debug and validation faster and more reliable. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You are a self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are ready to independently drive tasks to completion.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nAs an IP Firmware Engineer, you will own firmware development and debug tooling for AMD’s HSIO and Data Transfer IPs, partnering closely with hardware design, verification, and diagnostics teams across the SOC bring-up and validation lifecycle.\nDesigning, developing, and maintaining embedded firmware for AMD’s HSIO/Data Transfer IPs, including the firmware/hardware interface, register maps, and programming model, in partnership with RTL/hardware design teams as well as SoC/Platform FW teams.\nDebugging firmware and IP issues across the firmware/hardware/RTL boundary, driving failures to root cause during pre-silicon simulation, emulation, bring-up, and system validation.\nDefining and executing firmware validation strategy, including unit testing, firmware/RTL co-simulation, and regression automation, for HSIO and Data Transfer features.\nDeveloping and enhancing Python-based tools and infrastructure that accelerate data collection, debug turnaround, and execution of validation test plans.\nEngaging on pre-silicon ‘shift left’ activities with cross-functional teams such as Design Verification (DV), Diagnostics, Emulation and other software/hardware modeling frameworks to ensure readiness for first silicon arrival, enablement of IP functionality, and debug of critical features.\nSupporting post-silicon bring-up, debug, and firmware validation on silicon, including issues on customer platforms as requested by customer support teams\nContributing to design and code reviews, authoring documentation, and mentoring engineers on embedded firmware practice.\nLeading collaborative technical discussions to drive resolution of technical issues and roll out technical initiatives.\nPREFERRED EXPERIENCE:\nStrong C/C++ programming for resource-constrained, bare-metal/embedded firmware targets.\nExperience developing firmware against hardware register interfaces, including bring-up on pre-silicon models (simulation, emulation, FPGA) and on silicon.\nDemonstrated ability to debug across the firmware/hardware/RTL boundary using source-code debuggers and other system debug tools, driving issues to root cause.\nExtensive experience with ASIC/firmware debug techniques and methodologies.\nStrong scripting skills in Python for tooling, data processing, and automation development.\nExperience with source control systems such as git.\nKnowledge of physical and protocol levels of common high-speed interfaces is a strong asset.\nIn-depth knowledge of PC architectures/PCIe protocol is an asset.\nPost-silicon bring-up and debug experience including board/platform-level debug, such as clock/power delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization.\nExperience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc. is an asset.\nMust have excellent written and verbal communication skills.\nMust excel in a dynamic team working environment.\nLeadership and mentoring skills a definite asset.\nMust be a self-starter and be able to independently drive tasks to completion.\nACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree majoring in EE, CS, Computer Engineering, or related field.\nLOCATION: Markham, Vancouver\nBenefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.\nAMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. 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