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ADVANCE THE WORLD.\nAt AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.\nWhether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger - technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.\n Systems Design Engineer - Systems Validation Architecture\nTHE ROLE:\nIn the rapidly expanding world of AI and HPC, solid system level integration and validation becomes paramount. Our DCGPU solutions, including APUs and GPUs, demand rigorous testing for optimum performance and reliability.\nWe are seeking a Systems Design Engineer to join our system engineering team owning silicon to systems understanding and 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.\nTHE PERSON:\nThe ideal candidate will possess a strong academic background and desire to learn in the areas of systems design and validation engineering that will be leveraged towards product development, validation, and root cause resolution. You will work alongside expert system level engineers with understanding of hardware/firmware interaction, system level test scenarios 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.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nDevelop a deep understanding of our silicon SoCs, board level designs, system and rack level designs and firmware/software/management stacks to drive the development of system stress tests and complex issue investigations\nParticipate in the debug and triage of issues found during the system validation and production phases of our AI and HPC systems \nApply learnings from system debugs toward developing stronger test coverage and enable strategies to accelerate issue debug and root cause\nContribute 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.\nEngage with our customers and partners on co-validation plans and priorities as well as critical issue debugs.\nPREFERRED EXPERIENCE:\nProgramming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python) \nBackground in AI tools, optimization and models\nExtensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy \nStrong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details \nDesire to learn system level integration and debug of SoC system level test scenarios including resets, RAS, system management, networking, workloads or performance\nMust be a strong communicator and collaborator\nACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:\nBachelor or Masters Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering\n#LI-CC4\n Benefits 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.\nSystems Design Engineer - Systems Validation Architecture\nTHE ROLE:\nIn the rapidly expanding world of AI and HPC, solid system level integration and validation becomes paramount. Our DCGPU solutions, including APUs and GPUs, demand rigorous testing for optimum performance and reliability.\nWe are seeking a Systems Design Engineer to join our system engineering team owning silicon to systems understanding and 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.\nTHE PERSON:\nThe ideal candidate will possess a strong academic background and desire to learn in the areas of systems design and validation engineering that will be leveraged towards product development, validation, and root cause resolution. You will work alongside expert system level engineers with understanding of hardware/firmware interaction, system level test scenarios 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.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nDevelop a deep understanding of our silicon SoCs, board level designs, system and rack level designs and firmware/software/management stacks to drive the development of system stress tests and complex issue investigations\nParticipate in the debug and triage of issues found during the system validation and production phases of our AI and HPC systems \nApply learnings from system debugs toward developing stronger test coverage and enable strategies to accelerate issue debug and root cause\nContribute 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.\nEngage with our customers and partners on co-validation plans and priorities as well as critical issue debugs.\nPREFERRED EXPERIENCE:\nProgramming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python) \nBackground in AI tools, optimization and models\nExtensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy \nStrong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details \nDesire to learn system level integration and debug of SoC system level test scenarios including resets, RAS, system management, networking, workloads or performance\nMust be a strong communicator and collaborator\nACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:\nBachelor or Masters Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering\n#LI-CC4\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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