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Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuityand a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’lldiscover 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.\nTHE ROLE:\nThe Hardware System Architecture Fellow - AI & Data Center Networking is the highest-impact individual contributor responsible for defining and driving end-to-end hardware system architecture for AMD’s next-generation AI and data center networking platforms.\nThis role provides system-level technical leadership, spanning architecture definition, cross-domain trade-offs, and resolution of the most complex hardware challenges across AI-NICs, DPUs, switches, and rack-scale networking solutions.\nTHE PERSON:\nThe Fellow operates with enterprise-scale technical authority, shaping multi-generation system architectures and influencing execution across ASIC, packaging, board, optics, power, thermal, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing domains, without direct people management responsibility.\nThe ideal candidate is a recognized technical leader with deep system expertise, strong architectural judgment, and the ability to influence across organizations through credibility, clarity, and technical depth.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nSystem Architecture & Technical Vision\nDefine system-level architecture for AI scale-out and scale-up networking platforms, translating product and business requirements into robust, scalable hardware solutions.\nDrive architectural decisions across chip-to-system boundaries, including interconnect topology, board and system partitioning, power delivery strategy, signal integrity constraints, and platform extensibility.\nLead early-phase system feasibility analysis, proactively identifying risks, trade-offs, and technology inflection points.\nCross-Domain Technical Leadership\nServe as the primary technical authority for system-level challenges spanning ASIC, packaging, board design, optics, power, thermal, and mechanical integration.\nResolve the most complex bring-up, validation, and field issues, synthesizing cross-domain data to drive root-cause closure and architectural improvements.\nEnsure architectural intent is preserved through design, validation, and production ramp.\nMethodology & Engineering Standards\nEstablish and evolve system architecture best practices, review frameworks, and decision-making methodologies across NTSG.\nDefine standardized architecture review and system validation flows to improve predictability, reuse, and overall execution quality.\nChampion a disciplined system-level engineering mindset across hardware development organizations.\nInfluence, Mentorship & Technical Leadership\nInfluence senior engineers, architects, and leaders across organizations through technical depth and credibility, rather than authority.\nMentor Principal and PMTS engineers on system architecture, trade-off analysis, and Fellow-level technical growth.\nRepresent NTSG in cross-organization architecture reviews and Fellow-level technical forums.\nStrategic Impact\nShape multi-generation system and platform roadmaps aligned with AMD’s AI networking strategy.\nAnticipate and lead architectural transitions in bandwidth scaling, optical adoption, power density, and rack-level integration.\nGuide organizations through major architectural shifts while minimizing execution risk.\nQUALIFICATIONS:\nRequired\nDeep expertise in system-level hardware architecture for networking, AI infrastructure, or data center platforms.\nProven track record of architecting and delivering complex hardware systems across multiple product generations.\nBroad understanding of board design, power delivery, signal integrity, system validation, and high-speed bring-up.\nDemonstrated ability to solve ambiguous, cross-domain problems with significant technical and business impact.\nPreferred\nExperience with AI scale-out networking systems, including AI-NICs, DPUs, or high-bandwidth switching platforms.\nFamiliarity with advanced interconnect and packaging technologies and their system-level implications.\nDemonstrated enterprise-level technical influence (e.g., architecture ownership, critical platform delivery, or Fellow trajectory).\nRecognized industry or academic thought leadership, with publications, patents, or standards contributions.\nIMPACT & SCOPE\nDrives company-level architecture, product readiness, and technical direction for AI networking platforms.\nActs as the system architecture backbone, connecting long-term strategy to execution across multiple organizations.\nDefines and continuously raises the technical bar for system architecture excellence within NTSG.\nACADEMIC CREDENTIALS\nMaster’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field\nPhD preferred\nLOCATION:\nSanta Clara, CA\nThis role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.\n#LI-RF1\nBenefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.\nAMD 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.\nAMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.\n\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy.\nTHE ROLE:\nThe Hardware System Architecture Fellow - AI & Data Center Networking is the highest-impact individual contributor responsible for defining and driving end-to-end hardware system architecture for AMD’s next-generation AI and data center networking platforms.\nThis role provides system-level technical leadership, spanning architecture definition, cross-domain trade-offs, and resolution of the most complex hardware challenges across AI-NICs, DPUs, switches, and rack-scale networking solutions.\nTHE PERSON:\nThe Fellow operates with enterprise-scale technical authority, shaping multi-generation system architectures and influencing execution across ASIC, packaging, board, optics, power, thermal, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing domains, without direct people management responsibility.\nThe ideal candidate is a recognized technical leader with deep system expertise, strong architectural judgment, and the ability to influence across organizations through credibility, clarity, and technical depth.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nSystem Architecture & Technical Vision\nDefine system-level architecture for AI scale-out and scale-up networking platforms, translating product and business requirements into robust, scalable hardware solutions.\nDrive architectural decisions across chip-to-system boundaries, including interconnect topology, board and system partitioning, power delivery strategy, signal integrity constraints, and platform extensibility.\nLead early-phase system feasibility analysis, proactively identifying risks, trade-offs, and technology inflection points.\nCross-Domain Technical Leadership\nServe as the primary technical authority for system-level challenges spanning ASIC, packaging, board design, optics, power, thermal, and mechanical integration.\nResolve the most complex bring-up, validation, and field issues, synthesizing cross-domain data to drive root-cause closure and architectural improvements.\nEnsure architectural intent is preserved through design, validation, and production ramp.\nMethodology & Engineering Standards\nEstablish and evolve system architecture best practices, review frameworks, and decision-making methodologies across NTSG.\nDefine standardized architecture review and system validation flows to improve predictability, reuse, and overall execution quality.\nChampion a disciplined system-level engineering mindset across hardware development organizations.\nInfluence, Mentorship & Technical Leadership\nInfluence senior engineers, architects, and leaders across organizations through technical depth and credibility, rather than authority.\nMentor Principal and PMTS engineers on system architecture, trade-off analysis, and Fellow-level technical growth.\nRepresent NTSG in cross-organization architecture reviews and Fellow-level technical forums.\nStrategic Impact\nShape multi-generation system and platform roadmaps aligned with AMD’s AI networking strategy.\nAnticipate and lead architectural transitions in bandwidth scaling, optical adoption, power density, and rack-level integration.\nGuide organizations through major architectural shifts while minimizing execution risk.\nQUALIFICATIONS:\nRequired\nDeep expertise in system-level hardware architecture for networking, AI infrastructure, or data center platforms.\nProven track record of architecting and delivering complex hardware systems across multiple product generations.\nBroad understanding of board design, power delivery, signal integrity, system validation, and high-speed bring-up.\nDemonstrated ability to solve ambiguous, cross-domain problems with significant technical and business impact.\nPreferred\nExperience with AI scale-out networking systems, including AI-NICs, DPUs, or high-bandwidth switching platforms.\nFamiliarity with advanced interconnect and packaging technologies and their system-level implications.\nDemonstrated enterprise-level technical influence (e.g., architecture ownership, critical platform delivery, or Fellow trajectory).\nRecognized industry or academic thought leadership, with publications, patents, or standards contributions.\nIMPACT & SCOPE\nDrives company-level architecture, product readiness, and technical direction for AI networking platforms.\nActs as the system architecture backbone, connecting long-term strategy to execution across multiple organizations.\nDefines and continuously raises the technical bar for system architecture excellence within NTSG.\nACADEMIC CREDENTIALS\nMaster’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field\nPhD preferred\nLOCATION:\nSanta Clara, CA\nThis role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.\n#LI-RF1\nBenefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.\nAMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. 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