Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is looking for a SerDes Firmware Engineer to join our SerDes Technology team. You will design and develop firmware that bridges high-speed electrical SerDes, silicon photonics, and optical subsystems, working closely with firmware engineers, hardware designers, system architects, and validation teams.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and debug embedded firmware for high‑speed SerDes systems, spanning both electrical and optical domains.
- Implement firmware control for silicon photonic components, including modulators, photodetectors, lasers, heaters, and tunable optical elements.
- Develop firmware interfaces for electrical SerDes PHYs, including configuration, monitoring, diagnostics, and adaptation hooks.
- Define and implement calibration, bring‑up, and closed‑loop control algorithms (e.g., thermal tuning, bias control, signal optimization, link margining).
- Collaborate closely with electrical, optical, and mixed‑signal hardware teams to define control, telemetry, and debug requirements.
- Integrate firmware with lab test infrastructure, production test, and characterization systems to support validation and manufacturing.
- Support silicon bring‑up, debug, and performance tuning across pre‑silicon, post‑silicon, and production phases.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent field.
Nice to Have
- Knowledge of physical layer specifications in PCIe and IEEE 802.3.
- Prior years of experience combined with technical education within the semiconductor industry.
- Expert-level experience producing quality firmware.
Team & Environment
You will work closely with firmware engineers, hardware designers, system architects, and validation teams in a culture grounded in innovation and collaboration.
Work Mode
This role is onsite in Markham, Ontario, Canada.
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.
