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We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.

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THE ROLE:

The successful candidate will assume responsibility for broad leadership and coordination of power domain technical dependencies and schedule for AMD products. This is a highly multi-functional systems role leading horizontal teams.

THE PERSON:

An experienced PC-industry technical leader with examples of previous work crafting x86 systems. An effective communicator and influencer among technical people from junior engineers to executives. Crafts comprehensive high-level plans of the operation of sophisticated PC systems. Jumps in to build proofs of concepts that demonstrate solutions.

We at AMD are Gamers and Performance Enthusiasts at heart, so if you like Extreme Performance and seeing your hard work provide direct benefits to our customers’ Gaming and Productivity experience, you would love our team. Your curiosity will drive your learning and innovation to improve how we as a group, and an organization, can get better every day, and your peers will provide you a challenging and supportive environment for your career growth, fueling your opportunity to be a part of Delighting Our Customers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The following is a list of key responsibilities that the candidate will assume:

• Technical depth – requires understanding of power management at the algorithmic, SOC design, and platform design levels. Requires knowledge of SOC and platform level voltage regulator efficiency, current and voltage regulation, IP and power interactions at the power rail level. Also requires understanding power measurement methods, techniques, and accuracy trade-offs.
• Technical Breadth - requires understanding of several subject areas supplying to power management features, routines, and algorithms (silicon, firmware, platform, hardware, BIOS, thermal)
• Planning – bringing together testing, enablement and optimization plans for all power management related features, across business units, from pre-silicon to post-silicon to ensure highest risk power management features are covered.
• Coordinating debug of power management related features, helping to drive open issues to closure.
• Decision making – making priority calls based on partial/incomplete data
• Communication – technical and non-technical – pulling together meetings as vital, setting up clear agendas and sending notes, following up on action items
• Leadership – influencing the product and wider teams
• Proactively driving continuous improvement for post-silicon power and performance activities
• Participating in the product definition process

PREFERRED SKILL AND EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years’ experience in computer or related industry.
• Exceptional English and Chinese verbal and written skills are must
• Strong understanding of PC system architecture, operating systems, drivers and BIOS
• Expert in the knowledge of power management routines, processor deep sleep states, voltage and power/current gating techniques, power capping mechanism.
• Good understanding of combined power/thermal management
• Deep understanding of digital electronics, system level performance per watt trade-offs
• Strong analytical /problem solving skills and pronounced attention to detail
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Master or above, major in EE, CS or related area

LOCATION:

• Shanghai, Pudong, Zhanjiang

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