Embedded Software - System Test Architect
AMD · Posted Oct 14
High-performance processors, graphics cards, data center solutions, and AI accelerators
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About the role
AMD's mission spans building products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences across AI, data centers, PCs, gaming and embedded systems. This role sits in an embedded software team focused on ARM-based software systems, including Linux kernel and drivers, bare-metal drivers, bootloaders and firmware, working with emulation and evaluation boards. The System Test Architect will define and execute verification test plans, drive board bring-up, build test automation frameworks, run regressions and debug failures together with development teams for pre-silicon and post-silicon verification.
What you will do
- Verification and Test Architect for ARM based Software systems - Linux kernel/Drivers, Braemetal drivers, high speed and low speed peripheral driver verification specialist.
- Board bring-up activities for Software components like bootloader, platform managers, Linux Kernel, Linux drivers, Baremetal drivers and application for ARM based boards and emulation platforms, Proto-typing platforms
- Develops and executes test plans to evaluate functionality, security, and efficiency of firmware utilizing emulation and evaluation boards for pre-silicon and post silicon verification.
- Analyzes, tracks, and debugs testing failures to determine corrective measures. Collaborates directly with development team to assess test plan requirements and resolve failures.
- Automate and the functional and System level tests using Python and integrate the same in Test Automation framework and maintain the Test artifacts for any updates in the Test cases or in Test framework
- Run the Regression tests, triage issues, create Defects in the system and wok with development team for closure. Drive dynamic code coverage for boot level Firmware using standard tools like LDRA etc.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.
Preferred qualifications
- Working experience 12-16 years in verification and testing of Embedded System software or firmware etc.
- Good experience in Device Driver Verification and validation on Linux, Bare metal, Real Time Operating Systems.
- Skills in compiling/building/cross-compiling, debugging, testing, deploying Bootloader, TF-A, Linux Kernel, Device tree, Middleware software, and BareMetal application images for board bring up activities through JTAG debuggers & Emulators using different boot modes
- Good understanding of any one of SoC/Processing Technologies like ARM/RISC-V/X86, MMU, Interrupt handling, Caches etc.
- Hands on with one or more peripherals/controllers like UART, I2C, SPI, USB, SD, eMMC, QSPI, PCIe etc.
- Define, Design and Develop manual/Automation test cases for Embedded system projects
- Programming skills in C/C++, Makefile, Linker file creation, scripting language Python/Shell/Tcl
- Experience in GIT environment and Test Automation framework – Pytest, Jenkins etc.
- Good to have exposure in design tools like VIVADO, VITIS, Configuration management tools like GIT/Perforce, JIRA, Confluence etc.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About AMD
AMD is a global semiconductor company that designs high-performance central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), and adaptive processors for data centers, personal computers, gaming consoles, and embedded systems. The company specializes in advanced computing solutions and AI accelerators, positioning itself as a major leader in modern high-performance and artificial intelligence hardware. Through strategic developments and acquisitions, AMD continues to expand its ecosystem across cloud infrastructure, enterprise computing, and physical AI.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 31000 employees
- Founded
- 1969-05-01
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
- 2007-11-16Post Ipo
Leadership
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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