Senior Software Engineer- Firmware/BootROM Developer

AMD · Hyderabad · 4–8 yrs experience · Posted 2026-06-26

Tech stack: Linux

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About the role

AMD is looking for a specialized software engineer to join our growing team. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technologies. As a key contributor you will be part of a leading team to drive and enhance AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market.
The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering, have good understanding of the underlying hardware and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.
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Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and maintain Bootloaders and Security libraries and drivers
- Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations
- Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies
- Participating in new SoC/ASIC and hardware bring ups
- Debugging/fix existing issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
- Develop technical relationships with peers and partners
Qualifications:
- Experience: 4-8 years
- Good understanding of ARM architecture and knowledge of ARM based SoCs
- Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail
- Experience with Linux and/or any RTOS
- Good understanding of boot peripherals - xSPI, SD, eMMC, UFS, USB
- Experience developing bootloaders and drivers for hardware cyrpto accelerators is a plus
- Experience in developing software, that is certified for Safety and Security, is a plus
- Effective communication and problem-solving skills
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering or Computer Science and Engineering, or equivalent

Qualifications

- Experience: 4-8 years
- Good understanding of ARM architecture and knowledge of ARM based SoCs
- Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail
- Experience with Linux and/or any RTOS
- Good understanding of boot peripherals - xSPI, SD, eMMC, UFS, USB
- Experience developing bootloaders and drivers for hardware cyrpto accelerators is a plus
- Experience in developing software, that is certified for Safety and Security, is a plus
- Effective communication and problem-solving skills
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering or Computer Science and Engineering, or equivalent

Responsibilities

- Design, develop and maintain Bootloaders and Security libraries and drivers
- Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations
- Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies
- Participating in new SoC/ASIC and hardware bring ups
- Debugging/fix existing issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
- Develop technical relationships with peers and partners

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