Security Firmware Engineer

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Security Firmware Engineer

The Role

AMD’s Server Core Firmware team is looking for a firmware engineer to design, develop, and debug firmware solutions for the AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization feature. The engineer will develop new firmware and testsuites for new processors, collaborate with customers and partners on new initiatives, resolve technical challenges, and align efforts across engineering teams and business units within AMD.

The Person

We are looking for a confident C/C++ developer that has experience working in firmware or device driver development in large scale products. The AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization and Trusted IO firmware is a critical component of AMD’s Confidential Computing Solution so experience or a strong desire to learn secure coding processes and basics of encryption technology are essential. You must be a self-starter that collaborates well in a small team of driven engineers. You will understand the importance of developer testing all changes. Experience with virtualization, hypervisors/VMs, and Linux kernel is desired.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, debug, verify and/or validate firmware, software and/or hardware
• Participant in day-to-day firmware development work
• Provide consultation to internal and external customers regarding AMD features and programming requirements
  
  
  

Requirements

• 6+ years device driver, BIOS/UEFI, or embedded firmware development experience
• Proven foundation in C and C++ programming.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience with computer architecture.
• Experience with source control systems such as git.
• Industry experiences developing embedded firmware or device drivers.
• Experience with JTAG debuggers and other tools.
• Experience with pre-silicon development on FPGAs or simulation environments
• Experience with processor, board, or ASIC bring-up.
• An understanding of embedded firmware or device driver development.
• An understanding of assembly level programming and optimizations.
• An understanding of PCIe, TDISP, SPDM, Virtualization, and IOMMU
• Experiences working with RTOS and other embedded OS environments.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on x86 server platforms.
• Excellent programming and debugging skill
• Well versed in software engineering practices.
• Experience with GoogleTest framework.
• Experience working with RTOS and other embedded OS environments.
• Experience with security related technologies such as Secure Boot, TPM, AES, DES, RSA, AMD Secure Memory Encryption, AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization
• Experience with PCIe, TDISP, SPDM, Virtualization programming
• Experience with JTAG debuggers and other tools.
• Ability to work independently under tight deadlines, responding to changing business and technical conditions with minimal direction.
• Excellent communications skills: verbal, written and interpersonal.
  
  
  

Educational Credentials

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree required

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.