BIOS Firmware Engineer

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THE ROLE: 

Exciting opportunity within the Embedded BIOS/coreboot/FSP (firmware support package) development team working on latest cutting-edge embedded CPU/APU technologies. In this role you will be responsible to design, develop, and debug BIOS for internal/external systems, platforms primarily in pre-silicon emulation/simulation environment that use AMD CPU/APU.

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate has experience doing BIOS port, platform bring up, and support through product launch of BIOS/UEFI based x86 platforms. Need strong problem-solving skills, with a collaborative can-do attitude. Strong knowledge of computer architecture and low-level programming in C.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Responsible for BIOS/coreboot and pre-OS driver development including design, documentation, unit testing and debug for pre and post silicon support.
• Engage with technical leads to understand coreboot/fsp firmware scope and work on implementation to meet schedules and milestones. 
• Work with internal and external teams to ensure highest level of quality and satisfaction throughout firmware lifecycle. 
• Must be well-organized, technically oriented, and a self-starter with a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and coordinate activities with geographically distributed technical teams. 
• Desire to work and succeed on fast-paced and highly dynamic environments.
• BIOS/FW simulation emulation experience Pre-silicon environment
  Hands on debugging with emulator, simulation environment.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Experience in the x86 BIOS/UEFI FSP/coreboot development
• Experience with x86 CPU/APU architectures and associated compilation tools
• Expert in C language
• Experience with platform bring-up
• Familiar with coreboot boot stages, UPDs (updatable database), memory map, FSP (firmware support package), devicetree concept, payloads to OS bootloader handoff
• Working experience of industry standard protocols like PCIe, SPI, eSPI, ACPI, SMM (system management mode)
• Experience on working with opensource coreboot project & mainboard related porting with GPIO (general purpose I/O), PCIe lanes, board fmd configs and board bring-up experience on customer platforms.
• Experience on working with Intel FSP package source code and understanding of coreboot & FSP boot flow
• Understanding of coreboot & FSP build tools and build processes
• Experience of working with different coreboot payloads like EDK II, SeaBios, Tianocore etc
• Ability to read platform Hardware and Processor specifications to understand the coreboot mainboard porting required
• Good understanding of UEFI framework concepts to port UEFI code to FSP (Firmware Support Package)

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field 

LOCATION:

Austin, TX

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