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THE TEAM:

AMD's Data Center GPU organization is transforming the industry with our AI based Graphic Processors. Our primary objective is to design exceptional products that drive the evolution of computing experiences, serving as the cornerstone for enterprise Data Centers, (AI) Artificial Intelligence, HPC and Embedded systems. If this resonates with you, come and joining our Data Center GPU organization where we are building amazing AI powered products with amazing people.

THE ROLE:

AMD is looking for a lead systems engineer to provide thought leadership and subject matter expertise to our growing team. As a key contributor, you will have a strong technical background to contribute to all aspects of the software development process. We have competitive benefit packages and an award-winning culture. Join us!

The Datacenter Graphics and Accelerated Computing (DCGPU) organization is looking for an experienced system level debug engineer. Individual will be part of a team that as to bring-up, validate and ensure the platform being used is fully validated: including electrical, power, networking and SOC. Individual will be required to lead and document the plan for validating the system itself as well put in documentation for unique steps to enable it. Individual will need to be able to drive to root closure any issues encountered and communicate with the different Functional and IP layers for resolution.

THE PERSON:

You are a highly motivated hands-on leader with a strong development background, problem solving mentality, excellent communication skills, ability to prioritize tasks along with willingness to learn and adapt. Excellent teamwork skills and capable of leading a highly technical team.

Experience in debugging of complex HW/FW issues is a must, understand the flow of a GPU through the different layers of a system and be able to validate the items connecting to the GPU SOC (pcie, vr’s, RMs, retimers, HBM, internal networking). Communication Is essential in working with different owners of the functional code stack as well as the ability to drive issues via phone calls, chat messages, e-mails. Hands on experience with Hardware in a DataCenter environment will be required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Debug / triage engineer and understanding of industry tools for root causing complex issues
• Understanding of GPU/System level HW and SW flow
• Ability to probe parts of a board; check electrical and power currents and validate a system
• Provide leadership for driving to root cause issues
• Communicate / Document flows and methods of bring-up, boot-up, system initialization and debug
• Lead technical presentations demonstrating a good understanding of application, data, infrastructure, architecture expertise and application systems design
• Collaborate with application, and infrastructure architects and be responsible for the defining-designing-delivering of the technical architectures, patterns, technical quality, risks, fitness for purpose and operability of technical architecture solutions
• Be a leader and mentor to the operation team; be hands-on and lead by example
• Be able to hand-on troubleshoot and solve the technical issues; own the problem and drive for resolution
• Able to proactively support team culture that fosters knowledge sharing, excellence, and collaboration

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Proven experience with C/C++
• Demonstrable experience in facilitating Agile, Scrum or Kanban
• Skilled in scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby, and Shell script
• Proficient with revision control (GIT, SVN and CVS)
• Experience crafting and supporting cloud environments, including IaaS and PaaS
• Database development, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server
• Good balance of hardware, architecture, and software expertise
• Proven ability to drive resolution of critical problems within a lab, Datacenter
• Relationship with external customers/partners and able to help resolve problems in their Data Center
• Relationship with external customers/partners on ability to work manufacturing issues/failures
• Relationship with external customers/partners on ability to define rqmts for manufacturing validation
• Significant experience in SoC and/or System debug of complex issues
• Develop / Document debug capabilities on a given SOC and System
• Go-to-person for debugging of issues for the Production level Platform validation
• Collaborate with internal teams on root causing issues, finding optimum resolutions
• Hands-on experience in using industry debug tools, scopes as well examine board level power

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field strongly preferred + minimum 8 yrs experience in System or SOC level debug and triage

LOCATION:

Austin, TX

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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.