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Physical AI, Computer Vision Engineer - Remote

AMD United States Full-time 4 months ago
Embedded & Systems Software

Originally posted 17 June 2026 by the employer.

About the role

Develop software for intelligent edge systems that combine embedded computing, real-time processing, computer vision, and AI. The role spans embedded Linux and RTOS platforms across heterogeneous computing architectures including CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and dedicated AI accelerators.

What you'll do

- Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for AI-enabled edge computing platforms. - Develop software for Linux and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) supporting deterministic, low-latency execution. - Design and implement real-time software for perception, sensor processing, control, and autonomous decision-making. - Develop and integrate computer vision, image processing, and AI inference applications for real-world deployment. - Optimize software and pipelines across heterogeneous computing architectures including CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and AI accelerators. - Support platform bring-up, debugging, validation, and system integration while analyzing latency, throughput, memory utilization, and power efficiency.

What you'll need

- Experience developing software for embedded Linux and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS). - Experience with real-time processing, perception, sensor processing, and system optimization. - Experience developing and integrating computer vision, image processing, and AI inference applications. - Experience with software optimization across heterogeneous computing architectures including CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, or AI accelerators. - Experience with platform bring-up, debugging, validation, and system integration.

Nice to have

- Experience with RTOS platforms such as QNX, GreenHills, or similar real-time operating systems. - Experience designing software for low-latency, safety-critical, or time-sensitive embedded applications. - Experience with AMD Vitis™ AI or equivalent AI deployment frameworks. - Experience with AMD Ryzen™ Embedded, EPYC™ Embedded, Versal™ AI Edge, Zynq UltraScale+, Kria™, or similar edge computing platforms. - Understanding of FPGA-based acceleration and hardware/software co-design methodologies. - Experience with AI inference deployment using ONNX, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or related frameworks. - Experience with ROS 2 and robotics software architectures. - Understanding of perception systems including cameras, radar, lidar, and sensor fusion technologies. - Familiarity with graphics and visualization technologies such as OpenGL, Vulkan, or Wayland. - Experience with Linux kernel, BSP, device driver, or low-level platform software development. - Experience within robotics, automotive, industrial automation, aerospace, machine vision, or related embedded systems domains.

Skills: embedded software, computer vision, real-time processing, RTOS, edge AI

Market context

This role has been open 128 days — well above the 55-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.

Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software

Open roles in category
760
Median days open
55 d
Median salary
$169k
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How AMD compares in Embedded Firmware Engineering hiring
Metric AMD All employers we track in this specialty (760 roles · 84 employers)
Open roles in this specialty 63 760
Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family 393 6298 · 144 employers
Median days open 39 d 55 d (−16 d vs this employer)
Median salary (USD postings) — $169k

Skills observed across this category: embedded software, computer vision, real-time processing, RTOS, edge AI

Who's hiring in this category

  • Qualcomm · 126 open roles · median 52 d
  • Micron Technology · 63 open roles · median 91 d
  • AMD (this employer) · 62 open roles · median 40 d
  • NVIDIA · 60 open roles · median 56 d
  • Lattice Semiconductor · 47 open roles · median 43 d
  • NXP Semiconductors · 36 open roles · median 30 d

How we counted: 760 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.

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United States
Remote
Full-time
4 months ago

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