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Engineering Fellow jobs are open across aerospace, defense, semiconductor, and software industries, at every level from senior staff engineer to distinguished fellow, with specializations in systems architecture, applied research, and hardware design. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.
THE ROLE:
This is an exceptional opportunity to set the technical direction for firmware spanning AMD's CPU and GPU product lines. As a Fellow in the Firmware Engineering team you will own firmware architecture across multiple SoC generations, drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design and verification, and define how the organization builds, validates and automates firmware — including how we adopt AI-native and agentic development at scale. Decisions you make here are felt from pre-silicon emulation through to production in the field.
THE PERSON:
You are a deeply experienced firmware architect with a record of solving the hardest problems in embedded systems and bringing teams with you while you do it. You are comfortable setting direction where none exists and then driving it to a shipped result. You have the technical communication skills and credibility to influence peers, senior management and external partners alike, and you find as much satisfaction in growing the engineers around you as in the code you write yourself.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own firmware architecture for CPU and GPU SoC subsystems across multiple product generations, from specification through production.
- Drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design, verification, power management, BIOS and driver teams; influence silicon definition based on firmware requirements.
- Set technical direction for firmware quality, validation strategy, CI/CD and sanity infrastructure across the organization.
- Define the organization's AI-native development strategy — agentic coding workflows, AI-assisted test-case generation, automated triage and review — and drive adoption.
- Lead resolution of the most complex cross-functional issues spanning silicon, firmware, driver and system software.
- Represent AMD's firmware position in industry standards bodies, customer engagements and partner technical reviews.
- Guide pre-silicon enablement (emulation, RTL simulation, modeling platforms) and post-silicon bring-up strategy.
- Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across multiple teams and sites.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Extensive experience architecting and delivering production firmware for complex SoCs — CPU, GPU, or both.
- Expert in C and embedded assembly; strong in C++ and Python.
- Deep understanding of low-level hardware/firmware interfaces, multi-core firmware design and performance optimization.
- Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems, board support packages and hardware abstraction layers across shared code bases.
- Demonstrated leadership of silicon bring-up — lab debug, triage and driving issues to root cause through production.
- Experience defining validation, automation, CI/CD and sanity infrastructure for firmware at scale.
- Hands-on adoption of AI-native and agentic development — AI coding agents, LLM-assisted test-case generation, automated log triage — with informed judgment on where they do and do not belong in a firmware workflow.
- Familiarity with power management, security, RAS and telemetry firmware domains.
- Hands-on with pre-silicon firmware development environments: emulation, RTL simulation and virtual platforms.
- Track record of technical leadership across geographically distributed teams.
- Established record of technical thought leadership through publications, technical papers, patents, and presentations at internal and external conferences.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science or Computer Science
LOCATION:
Santa Clara, CA
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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. 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. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.
THE ROLE:
This is an exceptional opportunity to set the technical direction for firmware spanning AMD's CPU and GPU product lines. As a Fellow in the Firmware Engineering team you will own firmware architecture across multiple SoC generations, drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design and verification, and define how the organization builds, validates and automates firmware — including how we adopt AI-native and agentic development at scale. Decisions you make here are felt from pre-silicon emulation through to production in the field.
THE PERSON:
You are a deeply experienced firmware architect with a record of solving the hardest problems in embedded systems and bringing teams with you while you do it. You are comfortable setting direction where none exists and then driving it to a shipped result. You have the technical communication skills and credibility to influence peers, senior management and external partners alike, and you find as much satisfaction in growing the engineers around you as in the code you write yourself.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own firmware architecture for CPU and GPU SoC subsystems across multiple product generations, from specification through production.
- Drive hardware/firmware co-design with architecture, design, verification, power management, BIOS and driver teams; influence silicon definition based on firmware requirements.
- Set technical direction for firmware quality, validation strategy, CI/CD and sanity infrastructure across the organization.
- Define the organization's AI-native development strategy — agentic coding workflows, AI-assisted test-case generation, automated triage and review — and drive adoption.
- Lead resolution of the most complex cross-functional issues spanning silicon, firmware, driver and system software.
- Represent AMD's firmware position in industry standards bodies, customer engagements and partner technical reviews.
- Guide pre-silicon enablement (emulation, RTL simulation, modeling platforms) and post-silicon bring-up strategy.
- Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across multiple teams and sites.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Extensive experience architecting and delivering production firmware for complex SoCs — CPU, GPU, or both.
- Expert in C and embedded assembly; strong in C++ and Python.
- Deep understanding of low-level hardware/firmware interfaces, multi-core firmware design and performance optimization.
- Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems, board support packages and hardware abstraction layers across shared code bases.
- Demonstrated leadership of silicon bring-up — lab debug, triage and driving issues to root cause through production.
- Experience defining validation, automation, CI/CD and sanity infrastructure for firmware at scale.
- Hands-on adoption of AI-native and agentic development — AI coding agents, LLM-assisted test-case generation, automated log triage — with informed judgment on where they do and do not belong in a firmware workflow.
- Familiarity with power management, security, RAS and telemetry firmware domains.
- Hands-on with pre-silicon firmware development environments: emulation, RTL simulation and virtual platforms.
- Track record of technical leadership across geographically distributed teams.
- Established record of technical thought leadership through publications, technical papers, patents, and presentations at internal and external conferences.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science or Computer Science
LOCATION:
Santa Clara, CA
#LI-CT1
AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. 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. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering fellow jobs.
- Advanced degree in engineering or a related technical discipline, with PhD preferred
- Extensive experience leading architecture or research at a staff or principal engineer level
- Published patents, conference papers, or recognized industry standards contributions
- Deep expertise in a core technical domain such as VLSI design, distributed systems, or applied ML
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional roadmaps and mentor senior engineering staff
- Experience presenting technical strategy to executive leadership and external stakeholders
Tips for Your Engineering Fellow Job Search
Distinguish your fellow-track contributions clearly
Engineering fellow résumés are evaluated on technical influence, not just delivery. Quantify patents filed, standards you shaped, or platform decisions that affected multiple product lines. Reviewers want to see that your work set direction, not just met a deadline.
Target openings by research domain, not title alone
Fellow roles are often posted under titles like Distinguished Engineer, Principal Research Scientist, or Technical Fellow. Search by domain keywords such as RF systems, compiler optimization, or power electronics to surface listings that match your specialty and won't appear in a simple title search.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists engineering fellow openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a technical depth portfolio before interviews
Most fellow-level panels include a research or architecture deep-dive session. Prepare two or three case studies where you can defend every design tradeoff under questioning. Generic high-level overviews won't satisfy a panel of senior engineers.
Align your negotiation to scope, not just compensation
At the fellow level, the scope of your mandate, your reporting relationship, and your discretionary research budget often matter as much as base pay. Clarify these during the offer stage so you're not locked into a narrower remit than the posting implied.
Follow up with a technical summary after final rounds
After a panel interview, send a concise note that restates your thesis on the core technical problem the team discussed. It signals clarity of thought and keeps you top of mind during committee review, which at this level can take several weeks.
Engineering Fellow Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most engineering fellows?
The most active employers for engineering fellows right now are Metropolitan Transportation Authority, The University of Texas at Austin, and University of California Merced, and the most openings are in New York, Texas, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Fellow-level hiring tends to concentrate at companies with active R&D programs and large engineering organizations.
How many engineering fellow jobs are remote?
About 8% of engineering fellow openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the seniority of the role and the trust extended to fellows. Research-focused and software-defined domains tend to offer the highest share of remote arrangements, while hardware, lab, and fabrication-adjacent roles more commonly require on-site presence.
How do you become an engineering fellow?
Most engineers reach the fellow level by accumulating deep domain expertise, leading high-impact technical decisions across multiple product generations, and building a record of external recognition such as patents or publications. Demonstrating that your work influences peers and organizational direction, not just your own team's output, is what distinguishes a fellow candidate from a strong senior engineer.
How do you get hired as an engineering fellow with limited experience at that level?
If you haven't held a formal fellow title, focus on surfacing the substance of fellow-level work you've already done. Document instances where you defined technical strategy, resolved systemic design problems, or drove cross-team adoption of an approach you originated. Referrals from colleagues who can speak to that scope of influence carry significant weight in fellow-level hiring decisions.
What does the engineering fellow interview process look like?
Fellow-level interviews typically run across multiple stages: an initial technical screen with a hiring manager, a research or architecture presentation to a panel of senior and principal engineers, behavioral conversations focused on technical leadership and organizational influence, and a final committee review. The process is longer than standard engineering hiring, often taking several weeks, and places significant weight on how you defend your past technical decisions under expert scrutiny.
Where can I find and apply to engineering fellow jobs?
You can find and apply to engineering fellow jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your technical domain and experience level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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