System Software Engineer Job Listing at AMD in San Jose, CA (Job ID 57470-en-us)

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WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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THE ROLE:

We are looking for an experienced Engineer, who with their system software expertise will develop software to program & manage heterogenous compute architectures in AMD SOC's packed with FPGA and various other compute processors. Ability to work cross-functionally across FPGA design, boards, SOC's, various software stacks (linux, rtos, baremetal) will be essential to succeed in this role.

THE PERSON:

Ability to go broad in knowledge working on various hardware (board, fpga configurations) and narrow for software development (driver or firmware) will make one successful. The joy for learning in this space will be immensely supported by colleagues with diverse areas of expertise around.

We at AMD are take Adaptable & High Performance Compute seriously, so if you like reconfigurable hardware and all-programmable SOC, you would love our team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Software Development: Develop linux user-space apps & kernel-space drivers. Develop baremetal, rtos firmwares & applications. Develop tests at unit-test, integration & system level.
• Collaboration: Work with silicon design, board design, fpga design, architecture and other software teams that are geographically distributed.
• Architecture: Contribute to the architecture and design of software, firmware, drivers, apps & tests.
• Upstreaming: Upstream linux kernel drivers to linux community project.
• Ownership: Plan & execute complex projects. Influence other teams to raise the bar. Mentor junior engineers to be successful.
• Customer obsession: Work with internal & external customers and customer support teams for resolving critical customer escalations in timely fashion.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Expertise in C programming language. 4+ years of hands-on C programming in previous jobs.
• Hands-on experience working with various types of hardware/boards - ARM System on Chips (SOC), Embedded systems, System-on-Modules (SOM), x86 CPU + PCI-E card endpoint.
• Hands-on experience with linux kernel-space, user-space & firmware development.
• Previous experience with writing software for asymmetric compute processors and inter-processor communication will be strongly preferred.
• Previous experience with Xilinx SoC (ZynqMP, Versal) and Vivado design tools will be strongly preferred.
• Some experience with python preferred.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in related discipline preferred

LOCATION: San Jose, CA 

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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