2 months ago
Markham, CanadaIntern
Responsibilities
- Craft, implement, debug, and validate firmware features on reference hardware, software, and pre-silicon emulation and simulation environments.
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and project planning.
- Create and maintain clear documentation for software produced.
- Develop x86 firmware using C.
- Design, build, and implement embedded firmware, boot ROM, and hardware-related functionality.
- Debug firmware and hardware boundary issues using waveform-level analysis to identify root causes.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a Canada-based university bachelor's degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Knowledge or experience with low-level BIOS, firmware, or system software development is encouraged.
- Knowledge of C or C++ and hardware architectures is encouraged.
- Knowledge of embedded systems, RTOS, and embedded controller structures is encouraged.
- Familiarity with source control, debuggers, compilers, and system-wide software-to-firmware-to-hardware debugging is encouraged.
- Knowledge of open-source concepts, VHDL, Verilog, FPGA, and general hardware design concepts and processes is encouraged.
- Familiarity with Linux development environments, graphics or compute pipelines, and Perforce, JIRA, or Git is encouraged.
Benefits
- Four- or eight-month co-op/intern terms are available for specified winter, summer, and fall 2027 dates.
- The role is located in Markham, Ontario, Canada and requires full-time work of 37.5 hours per week in a hybrid or onsite structure.
- AMD provides intern learning opportunities, training, networking, and real-world project experience.
- AMD offers benefits described in its benefits-at-a-glance materials.
About AMD
AMD designs and sells CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive/embedded computing products for PCs, data centers, gaming, and edge devices. Its portfolio includes Ryzen and EPYC processors, Radeon and Instinct graphics, and adaptive SoCs from its Xilinx acquisition, sold to OEMs, cloud providers, and device makers. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it is a public company on NASDAQ and supplies semi-custom chips for major game consoles.