2026 Masters Firmware Engineering Intern/Co-op jobs in United States
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AMD ยท 6 days ago

2026 Masters Firmware Engineering Intern/Co-op

positionSan Jose, CA
timeInternship
remoteHybrid
seniorityIntern
money$83K/yr - $125K/yr
workcardStart in 2026 Summer

AMD is a leading company focused on building innovative products that enhance computing experiences across various domains. They are seeking a Firmware Engineering intern/co-op to support the design, development, and delivery of firmware for their products, while gaining valuable real-world experience in a collaborative environment.

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Responsibilities

We will assign you responsibilities to craft, implement, debug, and validate features on reference hardware and software, pre-silicon emulation and simulation environments supporting AMD products
We will encourage to actively participate in design reviews, code reviews and project planning
We will train you to build and complete clear documentation for all software produced
We will provide opportunity to work on both internal and external platforms
We will help you learn and apply AGILE methodologies and standard processes for Software Engineering
You may be involved in one or more (but not limited to) of the following work -
Engage in x86 firmware development using C
Design, Build and Implementation of Embedded Firmware + Bootrom/HW
Debug issues at the boundary of FW and HW. We will have your involvement in Waveform level analysis to root cause FW/HW issues

Qualification

Firmware developmentC/C++ programmingEmbedded systemsLinux developmentSource controlAGILE methodologiesDebugging skillsDocumentation skillsTeam collaboration

Required

You are currently enrolled in a US based University in a Masters degree program majoring in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Preferred

Low level BIOS, firmware, or system software development
Low level programming language C/C++ and knowledge of hardware architectures
Embedded system, RTOS, and embedded controller structure
Source control, debuggers, compilers and system wide debugging from software to firmware to hardware
Opensource concepts
VHDL/Verilog/FPGA and general hardware design concepts and process
Linux development environments
Architectural understanding and/or experience of graphics/compute pipelines
Perforce, JIRA, Git, or similar tools

Benefits

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Company

AMD

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Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
dateFounded in 1969
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Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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http://www.amd.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

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Lisa Su
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