Senior Datacenter GPU Firmware Engineer

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX
Salary
$161,200–$241,800 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Sep 8, 2027

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This role $202k
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AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company that develops high-performance processors, graphics cards, and adaptive computing solutions for gaming, data centers, and embedded markets. Industry: Semiconductors

Amd currently has 367 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Datacenter GPU Firmware Engineer

As a Senior Datacenter GPU Firmware Engineer on the Data Center Firmware Application team, you will support CPU and GPU deployments across Cloud, HPC, and OEM segments. You will collaborate with partners to manage bring-up, validation, and deployment of Instinct Accelerators on next-generation server platforms. Your daily responsibilities include debugging firmware and driver issues, leading root-cause investigations, developing performance analysis tools, and optimizing the AI software stack across hardware layers. The role requires expertise in embedded systems, GPU drivers, runtimes, OS kernel internals, and microcontroller fundamentals. You will utilize C, C++, Python, and Bash within Linux environments to solve complex system challenges. Technical focus areas include server architecture, BIOS settings, boot processes, and familiarity with OpenCL, CUDA, or ROCm to ensure high-performance solutions for data center integration.

What you'll do

  • Collaborate with OEM and ODM partners on CPU/GPU bring-up, validation, and deployment.
  • Debug firmware, hardware, and driver issues while leading root-cause investigations.
  • Develop tools to analyze CPU/GPU performance and correlate results with hardware characteristics.
  • Optimize the AI software stack across both hardware and upper layers.
  • Support manufacturing and screening tests to ensure reliability at scale.
  • Create technical documentation, guidelines, and training materials for internal and external use.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in firmware and embedded software development (preferred).
  • Strong knowledge of system-level debug, hardware bring-up, and performance optimization (preferred).
  • Familiarity with GPU architectures, OS kernel internals, and microcontroller fundamentals (preferred).
  • Proficiency in C/C++, scripting (Python, Bash), and Linux environments (preferred).
  • Understanding of server architecture, BIOS settings, and boot processes (preferred).
  • Experience with OpenCL, CUDA, or ROCm (preferred).
  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related equivalent (preferred).

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