Fellow Software Development Engineer (Network Technology Group) in Cambridge

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The Role

AMD seeks a senior software engineer, architect and technical lead to work on the design and implementation of embedded firmware for AMD networking products. This is an exciting role in the AMD Network Technology Group based in the Cambridge UK office. You will be part of a key engineering team developing software for next‑generation networking for cloud and hyperscale data centre operators and for AMD’s AI systems. The role will involve working with different teams both within the Cambridge office and across AMD sites worldwide: working closely with the silicon team to refine the design and model the RTL, working with host driver teams to develop high performance network stacks and working with the system test to take products to release.

The Person

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering, have proven architecture and design skills and be a strong technical leader, able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD. You will have worked extensively at the hardware/software interface involving networking in some capacity, programming in C. To be successful you will be proficient in software and systems architecture and design. You will be able to tackle system level problems and demonstrate knowledge of relevant embedded debug techniques and tools.

Preferred Experience

• 20+ years software experience (or equivalent) working at silicon or networking companies
• Strong architecture and design skills
• Deep and broad knowledge of embedded systems and associated technology
• Understanding of server system architectures e.g. PCI-Express
• Extensive experience developing in C
• Experience of python and other scripting languages
• Strong communication skills
• Hardware/software codesign
• Ethernet & TCP/IP
• Experience of linux systems
• Experience of digital design (EDA tools, Verilog, VHDL)

Academic Credentials

Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

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