Manager Firmware Engineering

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THE PERSON:

Our team is looking for an energetic Firmware Engineer Manager to lead and grow our IO subsystems firmware team to incorporate new firmware applications develop robust, scalable firmware solutions with proven quality. A successful candidate will employ proven cross-functional leadership, software methodologies, firmware expertise, deep technical knowledge, and well-honed organizational skills to ensure on-schedule, defect-free firmware solutions. This will involve providing leading team of highly technical firmware engineers, while internally proactively managing issues and clearly communicating risks to program leadership.

• Intimate knowledge of software development process methodology expected
• Strong analytical skills and debug methodology required
• Previous pre-silicon or emulation experience a plus
• Demonstrated ability to grasp new technical concepts quickly
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage a team of engineers for architecture definition, execution for development, pre-silicon verification, and post-silicon enablement
• Work closely with SOC architects, silicon design, platform design, and validation to triage, debug and resolve system issues
• Work closely with Product Management to plan, schedule, and resource firmware development activities
• Communicate the big picture perspective, overseeing the End to End firmware flow and component integration.
• Accountable for on time delivery of firmware, quality, and documentation to our internal teams, customers and partners
• Drive collaboration and leadership responsibilities for specific domains or for product development initiatives across the lifecycle of the product, aligned with the needs of our customers and internal teams
• Collaborative can-do attitude that can inspire the team and take them to the next level.
• Influences others as a technical leader, builds and leverages trusting relationships with stakeholders
• Ready to jump in and work in the trenches coding/debugging if needed to ensure timely delivery

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in embedded firmware development with proven knowledge of embedded systems
• Prior hands-on involvement in board, processor, or ASIC bring-up
• Expertise in RTOS (Zephyr, etc), and Microprocessors (Tensilica, ARM Cortex-M, RISC-V)
• Prior experience managing people and technical teams preferred
• Knowledge of IO technology such as PCIe, SDXI, USB4 preferred
• Proficient with Git and tools like Gerrit and Github

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Undergrad degree. Master or Bachelors of Electrical Engineering, Bachelors of Computer Science or Bachelors or Computer Engineering preferred

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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