Originally posted 12 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Fellow in the Firmware Engineering team, you will set the technical direction and own firmware architecture across multiple SoC generations spanning CPU and GPU product lines.
What you'll do
- Own firmware architecture for CPU and GPU SoC subsystems across multiple product generations, from specification through production.
- Drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design, verification, power management, BIOS, and driver teams while influencing silicon definition based on firmware requirements.
- Set technical direction for firmware quality, validation strategy, CI/CD, and sanity infrastructure across the organization.
- Define the organization's AI-native development strategy, including agentic coding workflows, AI-assisted test-case generation, and automated triage.
- Lead pre-silicon enablement across emulation, RTL simulation, and modeling platforms, as well as post-silicon bring-up strategy.
- Lead the resolution of complex cross-functional issues spanning silicon, firmware, driver, and system software.
What you'll need
- Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, or Computer Science.
- Experience architecting and delivering production firmware for complex SoCs across CPU, GPU, or both.
- Expertise in C and embedded assembly, alongside proficiency in C++ and Python.
- Deep understanding of low-level hardware/firmware interfaces, multi-core firmware design, and performance optimization.
- Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems, board support packages, and hardware abstraction layers across shared code bases.
- Demonstrated technical leadership in silicon bring-up, lab debug, triage, and root cause analysis through production.
Nice to have
- Experience defining validation, automation, CI/CD, and sanity infrastructure for firmware at scale.
- Hands-on experience with pre-silicon firmware development environments including emulation, RTL simulation, and virtual platforms.
- Hands-on adoption of AI-native and agentic development, such as AI coding agents, LLM-assisted test-case generation, and automated log triage.
- Familiarity with power management, security, RAS, and telemetry firmware domains.
- Record of technical thought leadership through publications, technical papers, patents, and conference presentations.
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 56-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
754
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Median days since first seen
56 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$172k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (754 roles · 88 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 58 | 754 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 378 | 6610 · 158 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 34 d | 56 d (+22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $172k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 117 open roles · median 65 d
- NVIDIA · 84 open roles · median 50 d
- Micron Technology · 50 open roles · median 79 d
- AMD (this employer) · 47 open roles · median 37 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 37 open roles · median 34 d
- Analog Devices · 31 open roles · median 31 d
How we counted: 754 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 88 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 12 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.