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WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING
At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.Together, we advance your career.
THE ROLE:
AMD seeks high calibre software engineers to work on the design and implementation of embedded firmware for AMD networking products. This is an exciting role in the AMD Network Technology Group based in the Cambridge UK office. You will be part of a key engineering team developing software for next-generation networking for cloud and hyperscale data centre operators and for AMD’s AI systems.
The role will involve working with different teams both within the Cambridge office and across AMD sites worldwide: working closely with the silicon team to refine the design and model the RTL, working with host driver teams to develop high performance network stacks and working with the system test to take products to release.
THE PERSON:
The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.
You will have worked extensively at the hardware / software interface involving networking in some capacity, programming in C. To be successful you will have the ability to quickly understand a complex hardware and software architecture. You will be able to tackle system level problems and demonstrate knowledge of relevant embedded debug techniques and tools.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- 7+ years software experience (or equivalent) working at silicon or networking companies.
- Proven commercial experience developing in C
- Experience of python and other scripting languages
- Strong communication skills
- Hardware/software codesign
- Ethernet & TCP/IP
- Embedded systems ideally with experience of system software and device drivers
- Understanding of server system architectures e.g. PCI-Express
- Experience of linux systems
- Experience of digital design (EDA tools, Verilog, VHDL)
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
Bachelor’s, Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
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