Sr. Manager, Firmware Engineering

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THE TEAM: 

As a Sr. Manager, Platform Firmware Engineering, you'll be part of Platform Firmware Organization (PFO) team at AMD responsible for developing firmware for products across all AMD business units (server, data center, client, embedded etc). The team is a highly skilled, versatile group of engineers, whose experience spans from recent college graduates to industry veterans. We are passionate about developing and delivering high quality, optimal silicon initialization firmware across different technologies (DDR/LPDDR, infinity fabric, inference processing, UEFI BIOS etc) that forms the foundation of AMD roadmap products.

THE PERSON:

A leader who has proven skills developing and delivering high quality firmware, on bare-metal or close to bare-metal environment.

• Ready to jump in and work in the trenches coding/debugging if needed to ensure timely delivery.
• Leadership and technical acumen, with demonstrated ability of working across teams to drive innovation, process enhancements and best-in-class firmware development methodologies.
• Need strong problem-solving skills, with a collaborative can-do attitude that can inspire the team and take them to the next level.
• Proven ability to successfully lead a team with hands-on, technical management experience
• Outstanding communication, presentation and conflict resolution skills

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Day-to-day management of a team of highly skilled firmware engineers working across different programs
• Work with key architects, business unit leaders and program management team on planning, scheduling and resourcing of new programs
• Ramp up on underlying hardware and provide technical leadership and guidance
• Provide support to emulation/simulation teams during pre-silicon phase to validate SOC hardware and firmware components
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and cross functional teams to identify and resolve dependencies, as well as drive to hit key program milestones
• Strive to incorporate industry standard engineering processes and workflows to improve overall firmware quality and productivity of team
• Foster a collaborative work environment and a team-first culture that promotes innovation, continuous improvement and learning
• Keep the management team abreast of ongoing risks and challenges and steps being taken to address them
• Mentor the team, understand the career aspirations of each team member and actively work on planning their career growth, including coaching and providing regular feedback on their performance and trajectory
• Identify, recruit and develop top firmware talent

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience as a team leader with hands-on technical management
• Background in computer architecture with familiarity in memory interleaving, system memory maps and NUMA domain concepts
• Understanding of x86-SoC architecture, including processor, system IO, memory, various engine IP’s (e.g., graphics, display, video codec etc.) and security block
• Knowledge of firmware development, integration, and verification/validation cycle for pre-si and post-si SoC designs.
• Expertise in low-level C programming & debugging for embedded systems.
• Ability to methodically root-cause complex failure mechanisms at the IP, subsystem and/or system level.
• Prior experience and/or exposure to pre-silicon testing methodologies and platforms (Simulation and/or Emulation)
• Prior hands-on involvement in board, processor, or ASIC bring-up.
• In-depth UEFI BIOS development experience with familiarity on at least one BIOS code base (EDKII, AMI, Insyde or Phoenix BIOS) preferred
• Experience with source control systems including git/gerrit
• Exposure to AMD processor and firmware packages for Ryzen or Epyc family of product

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