Linux Kernel Software Development Engineer

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THE ROLE:

We are looking for an experienced Engineer, who with their system software expertise will develop software to program & manage heterogenous compute architectures in AMD SOC’s packed with FPGA and various other compute processors. Ability to work cross-functionally across FPGA design, boards, SOC’s, various software stacks (linux, rtos, baremetal) will be essential to succeed in this role.

THE PERSON:

Ability to go broad in knowledge working on various hardware (board, fpga configurations) and narrow for software development (driver or firmware) will make one successful. The joy for learning in this space will be immensely supported by colleagues with diverse areas of expertise around.

We at AMD are take Adaptable & High Performance Compute seriously, so if you like reconfigurable hardware and all-programmable SOC, you would love our team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Software Development: Develop linux user-space apps & kernel-space drivers. Develop baremetal, rtos firmwares & applications. Develop tests at unit-test, integration & system level.
• Collaboration: Work with silicon design, board design, fpga design, architecture and other software teams that are geographically distributed.
• Architecture: Contribute to the architecture and design of software, firmware, drivers, apps & tests.
• Upstreaming: Upstream linux kernel drivers to linux community project.
• Ownership: Plan & execute complex projects. Influence other teams to raise the bar. Mentor junior engineers to be successful.
• Customer obsession: Work with internal & external customers and customer support teams for resolving critical customer escalations in timely fashion.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Hands-on experience with linux kernel-space drivers, user-space & firmware development.
• Expertise in C programming language. 4 years of hands-on C programming in previous jobs.
• Hands-on experience working with various types of hardware/boards - ARM System on Chips (SOC), Embedded systems, System-on-Modules (SOM), x86 CPU PCI-E card endpoint.
• Previous experience with writing software for asymmetric compute processors and inter-processor communication will be strongly preferred.
• Previous experience with Xilinx SoC (ZynqMP, Versal) and Vivado design tools will be strongly preferred.
• Some experience with python preferred.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in related discipline preferred 

LOCATION: San Jose, CA 

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