Platform Architect – BIOS/Firmware & Customer Enablement

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Role & Responsibilities:

• Hands-on coding/debugging and resolution of customer issues, analysis and enablement of customer use-cases and feeding back the patches/fixes to the mainline SW.
• Bring-up customer boards with Linux kernel and device drivers working as reference boards.
• Serve as consultant to FAE, customers and partners as the subject matter expert in the area of BIOS/Firmware
• Achieve maximum platform/silicon entitlement in customer products through power and performance, driver optimization.
• Author applications notes and present training sessions to enable field teams, customers and partners.
• Prepare and deploy packages of different Linux distros integrating different components.
• Maintain domain expertise on new technologies by working closely with software/technology development teams on specific projects and participating in trainings, boot-camps etc.

Requirements:

• Engineering degree in CS/EE with 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Familiarity with at least one BIOS code base (AMI, Insyde, Phoenix, Coreboot BIOS,)
• Knowledge of ACPI, USB, NVMe, SATA, PCIe and other PC industry standards
• Knowledge of protocols including I2c, SPI, UART, etc. is expected.
• Hands on experience with hardware debugging tools like AMD HDT, ITP, Arium, etc.
• Hands-on experience required to support customers throughout product production, including board bring-up, custom feature development, and issue resolution.
• Hands on experience working with Reference Boards.
• Able to read and interpret hardware schematics. Experience with FPGA firmware is a plus.
• Expert in C language; knowledge of x86 assembly
• Hands-on knowledge of embedded software debugging techniques both from the hardware and BIOS perspective.
• Good knowledge of CPU system architecture and HW platforms based on x86.
• Agile and adaptable to changing customer requirements with ability to scope the work and drive closure.
• Experience working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment and ability to travel as needed.
• Experience in customer facing role (application engineering) will be a big plus.
• Team player with passion and hunger to do whatever it takes for business success.
• Excellent communication and evangelizing skills with an entrepreneurial spirit to produce results.

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