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Sr.Staff Security Firmware Apps Engineer

AMD· Engineering
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BangaloreFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior staff firmware development apps engineer within AMD's Embedded x86 Applications Engineering organization, serving as the technical bridge among customers, FAEs, PM/Program Management, Firmware/BIOS/Silicon/Platform Engineering, Validation, QA, and Customer Support to lead firmware architecture, customization, platform enablement, debugging, and production readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary firmware technical lead for Embedded x86 customer engagements.
  • Drive customer escalations involving firmware functionality, integration, customization, and platform enablement.
  • Drive technical discussions with customers, FAEs, and engineering organizations.
  • Influence customer adoption, production readiness, and long-term customer success.
  • Support firmware architecture, design, development, and integration activities.
  • Work with customers to understand firmware feature requirements and implementation needs.
  • Support customer-specific firmware configurations and feature enablement.
  • Evaluate firmware enhancement requests and technical feasibility.
  • Lead investigations involving embedded firmware environments, platform initialization flows, secure boot and platform security, power management firmware, platform management controllers, firmware-silicon interactions, firmware validation failures, boot and runtime failures, device initialization and enumeration issues, field-reported firmware defects.
  • Lead customer-critical firmware escalations.
  • Develop structured debug plans and technical containment strategies.
  • Provide detailed root-cause analysis and customer workaround recommendations.
  • Drive closure across firmware, BIOS, silicon, platform, and validation teams.
  • Work closely with Firmware Engineering, BIOS Engineering, Silicon Engineering, Platform Engineering, Validation, Product Management, Program Management.
  • Drive issue prioritization and resolve cross-functional technical dependencies.
  • Support FAEs and customer-facing teams with advanced firmware technical expertise.
  • Conduct architecture reviews and customer technical workshops.
  • Provide firmware guidance, training, and best practices.
  • Develop internal tools to improve debug productivity.
  • Influence future firmware architecture improvements based on customer and field feedback.

Qualifications

  • 13+ years of experience in Firmware Development, Embedded Software Development, Customer Engineering, Platform Engineering, Applications Engineering, or related technical roles.
  • Strong hands-on firmware design, development, and debugging experience on embedded or x86 platforms.
  • Experience developing and debugging low-level firmware and platform software.
  • Experience with boot flows, firmware initialization, power management, security, and platform management functions.
  • Strong understanding of firmware architecture, embedded systems, platform bring-up, debug methodologies, system software interactions.
  • Experience supporting external customers, ODM/OEM engagements, field escalations, and production deployments.
  • Strong platform-level debug skills spanning firmware, BIOS, operating systems, device drivers, silicon, and platform hardware.
  • Strong Linux and embedded Linux experience.
  • Experience with Python, C/C++, Shell scripting, and automation frameworks.
  • Prior experience with AMD Embedded products, industrial, networking, automotive, storage, communications, or compute platforms is preferred.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/ Electronics/ Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field is required.
  • Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or computer science discipline is preferred.
  • Equivalent industry experience may be considered.

Skills

Required:Firmware developmentEmbedded LinuxDebuggingCustomer engineeringPython, C/C++, Shell scripting

Benefits

  • Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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