AMD is seeking more open-source developers with next-gen GPU and multimedia experience
AMD has a hand in open-source GPU sections in products such as Elon Musk’s Tesla Model S and Valve’s Steam Deck models. Outside of those two prominent sectors, AMD is heavily used among the Linux gaming community due to its continued efforts to keep its open-source drivers up-to-date. The job listing asks for the position to be filled by an engineer capable of contributing to both Mesa and Linux kernels for AMD’s line of GPUs. The applicant must have experience with VA-API, current video codec, and multiple multimedia processing experiences. This experience includes both OpenGL and Vulkan accelerators. Additionally, the applicant would also need to know about AV1 video codecs. AMD also recently made its bleeding-edge FSR “FidelityFX Super Resolution” technology open-source and readily available to the PC and Microsoft Xbox ecosystem. The company provided necessary tools and guidelines and this goes off to show just how committed the red team is to their new Open-Source strategy. We are looking for expert software engineers to develop, maintain, and support multimedia drivers in support of a wide range of applications. Successful candidates will apply their knowledge of Linux device driver development or Linux application development to become key contributors to the ongoing development of AMD GPU drivers for current and future hardware. Ideal candidates are passionate about Linux and open source, are self-motivated, have outstanding problem-solving skills, will thrive in a fast-paced environment, and have a proven track record to collaborate within and across diverse teams. — exerpt from the current job listing at the Careers home page AMD is also looking to hire for areas that include their next-generation processors, virtualization, quality assurance, CXL, and several other open-source positions to stay, even if not a step above NVIDIA and Intel. News Sources: Phoronix, AMD Careers
