Firmware Engineer UEFI BIOS

Firmware Engineer UEFI BIOS at AMD

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We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Lead / Senior Systems Design Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s product, you will drive and improve AMD’s ability to deliver high‑quality, industry‑leading technologies to market while fostering continuous innovation and career development.

As a Systems Design Engineer, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions. In this high‑visibility position, your software systems engineering expertise will be necessary towards product development, definition, and root‑cause resolution. You will interact across multiple teams to ensure on‑schedule, defect‑free system firmware and reduce AMD’s time‑to‑market.

• Develop UEFI code to support bug fixes, features and customizations
• Communicate effectively the BIOS development and debug status to key internal/external partners
• Work closely with internal UEFI and silicon IP owners for problem analysis and resolution
• Track test execution across multiple teams to ensure features are validated and optimized on time
• Work with worldwide engineering teams on hardware and firmware issues during board design, bring‑up, feature enablement, bug triage/resolution, and product sustaining support
• Collaborate with OEMs to collect product requirements, enable features, and conduct debug investigations
• Develop and drive standard methodologies within the BIOS development team
• Produce internal documentation for feature development and testing on assigned projects
• Participate in continuous improvement of the customer BIOS development processes

• Expert C programming experience with strong debugging skills
• Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
• Strong analytical/problem‑solving skills and attention to detail
  
  Self‑starter, able to drive tasks to completion independently
• Low‑level hardware experience and expertise in UEFI and x86 architecture (AMD x86 a plus)
• Knowledge of ACPI architecture and coding
• Familiarity with hardware interfaces (PCIe, SPI, I2C, DDR, USB SATA) encouraged
• Knowledge of ARM microcontrollers
• Experience with software development process methodology and industry standards (UEFI, ACPI, SMBIOS, PCIe)
• Solid understanding of Git source‑control
• Python scripting experience preferred
• Excellent communication skills: verbal, written and interpersonal
• 5+ years of experience in UEFI BIOS development

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering

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