WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING:

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.  Together, we advance your career.THE PERSON:
AMD is searching for a dynamic and experienced Principal Member of Technical Staff to own system design support, rack-level bring-up, and critical customer engagement for our cutting-edge AMD Instinct™ product line. In this high-visibility role, you will act as the technical bridge between AMD’s internal system architects, platform development teams, and our OEM partners. You will not only influence the design and architecture of AI solutions but also lead hands-on debug and validation efforts at customer locations. As a technical leader, you will drive engineering, root cause analysis, and influence future roadmaps based on field execution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• System Architecture & Design Support

• Solution Optimization: Partner deeply with customers to architect and optimize Rack-Scale AI solution deployments using AMD Instinct GPUs.

• Design Reviews: Provide support of design reviews for customer platform/rack designs; proactively flag areas for modification to improve quality, performance and competitive advantage.

• Bring-Up, Debug & Validation

• Documentation & Best Practices: Deliver comprehensive technical documentation, best practices, and reference architectures to streamline the adoption and deployment of AMD AI platforms.

• Hands-on Engineering: Drive hands-on rack, platform, and component-level debug and validation. This includes complex stress testing, issue reproductions, and deep-dive root cause analysis.

• Issue Resolution: Lead customer issue resolution efforts, gathering diagnostics, managing critical escalations, and driving long-term process improvements to ensure customer success.

• System Firmware Debug & Deployment**:** Lead debug efforts for system firmware (BIOS, BMC) during initial bring-up and large-scale deployment phases. Ensure seamless integration between hardware, firmware, and software stacks, and resolve interaction issues in customer environments.

• End-Customer Debug & Sustaining: Own the technical support interface for end customers, provide high-level engineering for deployed fleets.

• Leadership & Strategy

• Cross-Functional Alignment: Represent debug progress, technical insights, and status with clarity and impact at the leadership level, ensuring alignment and accountability across cross-functional teams.

• Roadmap Influence: Provide regular, detailed technical feedback from the field to directly influence AMD’s software and hardware roadmaps.

• Future Architecture: Drive future product architecture decisions by leveraging unique insights gained from deep customer execution engagement.

• Mentorship: Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence within the team, while actively mentoring senior engineers and emerging technical leaders.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Advanced experience in system architecture, hardware/firmware debug, and customer-facing engineering roles (HPC or AI/ML focus preferred).
• Deep understanding of Server/Rack system architecture (x86, GPU, PCIe, Interconnects).
• Strong proficiency in System Firmware (BIOS/UEFI, BMC/OpenBMC) debug, update flows, and deployment strategies.
• Experience with system bring-up and debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, ITP, JTAG).
• Knowledge of power delivery, thermal management, and mechanical form factors in datacenter environments.
• Leadership: Proven track record of leading technical teams through complex problem-solving scenarios and interacting with executive leadership.
• Travel: Ability to travel to customer, factory and company locations

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.

LOCATIONS:

• Seattle, WA., Austin, TX., Secaucus, NJ., Santa Clara, CA.

This role does not support visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described:  AMD benefits at a glance.

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.