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SW Development Engineer - XEN and Realtime
THE ROLE:
The right engineer will drive the success of power IP (Intellectual Property) and features in AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) products through leadership & coordination, resolution of technical dependencies, and achievement of schedule commits. This is a high-visibility and widely multi-functional role, spanning pre-silicon architecture to post-silicon implementation & product delivery.
THE PERSON:
Your curiosity will drive your learning and innovation to improve how we as a group, and an organization, can get better every day. Your peers will provide you a results-oriented and encouraging environment for your career growth, fueling your opportunity to be a part of Delighting Our Customers.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- • 8+ years in Embedded Linux system software / kernel driver development • Strong proficiency in C and Linux kernel debugging • Hands on Xen virtualization experience: o Dom0 kernel, drivers, and I/O virtualization concepts o DomU integration and guest driver considerations • Strong understanding of real time Linux fundamentals: o Determinism vs throughput tradeoffs o Latency/jitter sources and mitigation approaches • Experience with PREEMPT_RT kernels and RT tuning: o IRQ threading, priority inheritance, RT mutex behavior o CPU isolation, affinity, cpusets/cgroups, NOHZ/full tickless concepts • Solid driver level expertise in one or more: o Ethernet (MAC/PHY, DMA, interrupts, NAPI) o PCIe / IOMMU / MSI X o Storage (NVMe/SATA) or high speed I/O o Industrial I/O (SPI/I2C/UART/GPIO) under timing constraints • Strong experience using performance/latency tools: o ftrace, perf, trace-cmd, cyclictest (and equivalents) • Experience with Yocto BSPs (kernel config, recipe integration, reproducible builds)
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or equivalent
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