Short Term Firmware Engineering Intern​/Co-Op

Job Details

Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada

On-site/Hybrid: Full-time 37.5 hrs/week; hybrid or onsite work structure throughout the term.

Fall Duration: 4 months (Sep 2026 – Dec 2026); 8 months (Sep 2026 – May 2027)

• Craft, implement, debug, and validate features on reference hardware and software, and pre-silicon emulation/simulation environments supporting AMD products.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and project planning.
• Develop clear documentation for all software produced.
• Work on both internal and external platforms.
• Learn and apply AGILE methodologies and standard processes for Software Engineering.
• Engage in x86 firmware development using
  
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• Design, build, and implement embedded firmware and BootROM/HW.
• Debug issues at the firmware-hardware boundary, including waveform analysis to root cause problems.

• Currently enrolled in a Canada-based university program for a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Knowledge or experience with low-level BIOS, firmware, or system software development.
• Low-level programming language C/C++ and knowledge of hardware architectures.
• Embedded system, RTOS, and embedded controller structure.
• Source control, debuggers, compilers, and system-wide debugging from software to firmware to hardware.
• Open-source concepts.
• VHDL/Verilog/FPGA and general hardware design concepts and processes.
• Linux development environments.
• Architectural understanding and/or experience of graphics/compute pipelines.
• Perforce, JIRA, Git, or similar tools.

AMD and its subsidiaries are equal-opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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