Senior Software Development Engineer, Adaptive and Embedded Group

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Location
San Jose, CA
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$145,600–$218,400 / yr
Posted
92 days ago
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Jul 10, 2027
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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

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TL;DR · Senior Software Development Engineer, Adaptive and Embedded Group

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The Sr. Software Development Engineer - Adaptive and Embedded Group will join a leading team to drive and enhance the delivery of high-quality technologies. The role involves developing bare metal firmware, drivers, and tools or applications for the bring-up, initialization, platform, and power management of AMD-Xilinx SOCs and boards. Key responsibilities include validating new software features, contributing to functional-safety artifacts, and implementing security best practices. The engineer will collaborate with project managers and development teams to design scalable, durable system architectures. Required technical skills include proficiency in C, C++, and object-oriented design principles. Candidates must understand data structures, algorithms, computer architecture, embedded systems, operating systems, and multithread programming. Experience with Linux and modern software development tools is also required for this hardware-centric software role.

What does a Software Development Engineer earn in California?

Median $198275 from 79 postings across 10 companies.

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Skills

C C++ Linux Embedded Systems Bare Metal Firmware Drivers Computer Architecture Operating Systems Algorithms Multithread Programming object-oriented-design functional-safety Security Best Practices

What you'll do

  • Develop bare metal firmware, drivers, and tools for AMD-Xilinx SOCs and boards.
  • Manage bring-up, initialization, platform, and power management for hardware systems.
  • Validate new software features before releasing them to customers.
  • Manage all phases of functional-safety artifacts and security best practices.
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable and durable future architectures.
  • Deliver key planning solutions and supporting technologies in coordination with multiple teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer/Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
  • Develop Bare Metal firmware, drivers, or tools/apps for bring-up, initialization, platform, and power management of AMD-Xilinx SOCs and Boards.
  • Manage all phases of functional-safety (FuSa) artifacts and security best practices.
  • Validate new software features before release and contribute to high-functioning feature teams.
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to deliver planning solutions and design future scalable system architectures.
  • Hands-on experience in C and C++ (preferred).
  • Understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, computer architecture, embedded systems, operating systems, and multithread programming (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Linux and modern software development tools and techniques (preferred).

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