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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 ROLE:
In the rapidly expanding world of AI and HPC, solid system level integration and validation become paramount. Our DCGPU solutions, including APUs and GPUs, demand rigorous testing for optimum performance and reliability. We are seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff Systems Design Engineer with extensive systems understanding to drive complex system level debugs to resolution.  The Systems Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

THE PERSON: The ideal candidate will possess systems design and validation engineering expertise that will be leveraged towards product development, validation, and root cause resolution. You are an expert system level engineer with understanding of system level validation for AI/HPC workloads and complex system level issue debug and methodologies. You will be part of a team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop a deep understanding of running AI/HPC workloads in single node and cluster level and develop test suites and performance automation.
• Lead the debug and triage of issues found during the validation and production phases of our AI and HPC systems
• Apply learnings automation and perf tests toward developing stronger test coverage and enable strategies to accelerate issue debug and root cause
• Work with multiple teams to develop and execute robust validation test plans at the functional, benchmark levels that meet our customer workloads and requirements.
• Contribute to technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Engage with our customers and partners on co-validation plans and priorities as well as critical issue debugs.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Python).
• Good understanding of AI and HPC workloads, industry standard benchmarks and frameworks for automation and validation.
• Experience in orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, docker, slurm and ability to analyse and debug issues with workloads.
• Extensive experience in OS internals, system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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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.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.