Lead Firmware Engineer; x86; Temporary

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The x86 firmware engineering team is responsible for enabling x86 AMD SOCs used in gaming, datacenter, embedded products, and consumer products. We are looking for a hands‑on Technical Lead (MTS) within the Platform Firmware Organization, responsible for end‑to‑end ownership and delivery of critical firmware. This role is designed for an experienced developer who wants to lead through influence, technical depth, and execution, while remaining a strong individual contributor.

You will work closely with architects, program leadership, and cross‑functional engineering teams on all the aspects of firmware development—defining the scope, driving design and implementation, managing interdependencies, and ensuring successful delivery of firmware features and capabilities for AMD APUs and CPUs. This role carries clear ownership for outcomes—quality, schedule, and technical direction—while mentoring and guiding other engineers to raise overall execution standards;

this group is spread across a wide range of geographies with whom you will be collaborating on a day‑to‑day basis.

• Own the end‑to‑end delivery of firmware features or projects, from scoping and design through implementation, unit testing, validation, documentation, and release; drive architectural and design decisions, author and review design specifications and technical proposals.
• Act as the primary technical owner for assigned areas, ensuring correctness, robustness, and long‑term maintainability; debug and resolve complex, cross‑component issues in pre‑silicon and post‑silicon environments, by leveraging simulation and emulation tools.

• Lead by influence: drive alignment, set technical direction, and unblock execution across teams; set a high bar for engineering excellence, development discipline, and quality across the team.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid‑level engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and day‑to‑day technical coaching.

• Partner with program managers, architects, validation, and other firmware teams to identify dependencies, risks, and execution gaps; proactively track progress, surface issues early, and drive them to closure, balancing short‑term delivery needs with long‑term technical health.
• Leverage a wide range of tools for source control, compilation and debugging, as well as AI‑enhanced development and debugging techniques.

• Strong experience across the full firmware development lifecycle: design, implementation, debug, validation, and maintenance.
• Hands‑on experience / proficient in C programming language, with knowledge of hardware architectures, debuggers and compilers.
• Hands‑on experience with industry standards and protocols, i.e. SPI, eSPI, I2C/I3C, UART, USB, Memory Training, and PCIe.
• Background in x86 architecture, UEFI, coreboot, RTOS, or similar firmware environments.
• Experience working in pre‑silicon environments (emulation, simulation, or bring‑up).
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives or features with clear ownership and accountability; prior experience mentoring or technically leading other engineers while remaining an individual contributor.
• Experience writing and reviewing technical documentation and design specifications; experience with source control systems such as git.
• Ability to work independently under tight deadlines,…