Platform Firmware Integration and Validation Co-op - Markham, Canada - AMD

AMD

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Markham, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING
We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world.

Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences - the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded.

Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. This is who we are at our best. One Company. One Team.

AMD together we advance_

Location

Markham Ontario

ONSITE:

Program Term

This role is a 12-month position
May 1, April 24, 2024

About the Department

What you'll be doing

As a member of the Integration, Validation, and Verification Team, you will participate as a key member in the Lab Infrastructure team to ensure that Automated Test Environments, Servers and CI/CD farms that power our Test strategy are working in top order and being expanded to cover AMD's new development products.

You will be working closely with a wide range of HW, SW, and validation teams.

This will be an opportunity to become an expert in Firmware Test Driven Development, as well as Pre-Silicon development environments such as Simulators, FPGAs, and Emulation Platforms.

We also have a number of QA initiatives in flight such as integration of Jenkins Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) Pipelines into our Software Development and Release model.

Integration of Virtual/Simulation test environments and leveraging Unit Test frameworks such as Google Test for developing API level white box test cases.

What you'll learn

Engage as a team player, always ready to take on new challenges

Set up and maintain lab equipment: build desktop and datacentergrade systems, set up networking, perform Linux and Windows OS installs. Work with specialized equipment such as JTAG debuggers, flash programmers, and early prototype hardware.
Use system administration and networking knowledge to triage lab issues
Leverage AGILE methodologies and best practices for software engineering in developing CI/CD scripts
Actively participate in design reviews and architectural discussions

Requirements:

Able to move equipment and be hands-on in the Labs.

Experience with SW development in C / C++ or scripting in Python, Perl, Ruby
Should be able to build a desktop computer from parts and perform basic maintenance (upgrade RAM, swap hard drives, install OS).
Experience with QA and Test frameworks as well as knowledge of Software Test Methodology will be considered an asset
Networking (TCP/IP, basic administration) and Linux command line knowledge considered an asset
Experience or strong interest in lowlevel programming and debugging. Embedded C experience is an asset.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Team player able to manage multiple assignments will mínimal supervision

Benefits offered are described:
AMD benefits at a glance.