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LEAD SOFTWARE SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEER

The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Engineer with deep expertise in Firmware, UEFI BIOS, BMC, and systems management stacks. The role requires strong hands‑on technical ownership across design, development, debugging, performance optimization, and security of platform firmware and system software.

The Person

This AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) team is looking for a senior level person that can help guide the team, mentor upcoming developers, provide long range strategy, and is willing to jump in to help resolve issues quickly. 

The ideal candidate is an individual contributor with proven experience delivering enterprise‑class firmware and manageability solutions across servers, workstations, and client platforms, with strong grounding in open standards (DMTF, DASH, Redfish, NC‑SI, PMCI) and low‑level system programming.

Key Responsibilities

Systems Management & Out‑of‑Band Technologies

Design and implement systems management stacks using DMTF standards, including DASH, CMPI, Redfish, WS‑Man, and related protocols.
Develop and optimize BMC firmware and sideband device management solutions.
Contribute to server and client provisioning, inventory, firmware updates, and configuration services.
Participate in NC‑SI specification review and related platform communication interfaces.
Knowledge of SMBIOS, UEFI, DXE and platform firmware components

OS, Kernel & Embedded Software

Knowledge of Linux system software and kernel‑adjacent components for embedded and server environments.
Perform kernel‑level debugging, memory analysis, and system diagnostics.
Develop firmware‑adjacent utilities in C/C++, shell, and Python.
Support cross‑compilation and FreeRTOS based embedded environments.

Security & Platform Reliability

Implement firmware and system security mechanisms, including:

Secure firmware updates
Digital signature verification
Encryption / decryption workflows
PKI, RSA, SHA, PAM, and AD integration

Contribute to product security analysis and mitigation strategies.
Ensure robustness and reliability through diagnostics, fault tolerance, and recovery design.

Performance, Debugging & Quality

Perform deep system‑level debugging using GDB, Valgrind, EFIToolkit, and GNU toolchains.
Optimize firmware and system software for performance, memory, CPU efficiency, and latency.
Analyze core dumps, crash scenarios, and field issues with strong root‑cause analysis.
Contribute high‑quality design documentation (HLD/LLD) and technical specifications.

Open Source & Technical Influence

Contribute to and work with open‑source projects, including upstream review and integration.
Participate in standards discussions and technical forums.
Bring thought leadership in firmware architecture and systems management design.

AI Capability

Expertise in using frontier LLM models to improve design, documentation and source code.

Preferred Experience

Core Technical Skills

12+ years of hands‑on experience in Firmware, BIOS, System Software, or Client/Server Manageability.
Expert proficiency in C and C++ on Linux and embedded systems.
Strong experience with UEFI BIOS, EDK/EDK2, UEFI diagnostics and utilities.
Deep understanding of Client Manageability and OOB technologies.
Strong experience with DMTF standards (DASH, Redfish, PMCI).
Solid background in Linux system programming and kernel‑adjacent development.

Tools & Technologies

Debugging & analysis tools: GDB, Valgrind, EFIToolkit, GNU utilities
Build & integration tools: GitHub, Jenkins
Experience with JIRA and engineering tracking tools (non‑PM usage)

Platform & Architecture Knowledge

Strong understanding of AMD client platform architecture, boot flows, and firmware‑OS interactions.
Experience with system diagnostics, inventory, update, and recovery workflows.
Knowledge of x86 architecture and low‑level system behavior.
Ability to author HLD/LLD and technical design documentation.

Academic Credentials

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Staff Software System Design Engineer