Board Hardware Validation Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

About The Position

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: We are seeking an exceptional Board Hardware Validation Engineer to join our Data Center GPU Systems Design and Enablement team. In this pivotal role, you will lead the charge in the AI and HPC domains, ensuring robust system-level integration and validation, particularly in the domains of Baseboard signaling, System Management, PCIe and Motherboard Debug working closely with our customers. Our cutting-edge Data Center GPU solutions, encompassing APUs and GPUs, demand a proactive approach to testing, aiming not just for performance but also for identifying and mitigating potential failures. THE PERSON: As a Board Validation Engineer your mission is to orchestrate an end-to-end system validation plan to rigorously test our products, deliberately pushing them to their limits to uncover vulnerabilities. This is a hands-on technical position that requires your expertise in motherboard behavior on Signal integrity, components, busses, protocols and systems design engineering which will be crucial for comprehensive product development. You will be able to come up with innovative validation strategies and utilize your skills to do efficient problem-solving and debug.

Requirements

Expertise in debugging techniques and methodologies.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
Extensive experience with lab equipment such as protocol/logic analyzers and oscilloscopes.
Comprehensive understanding of system architecture, including Power delivery, sequencing with focus on technical debug and validation strategy development.
Understanding of programming/scripting languages (e.g., C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python).
Self-driven with the ability to lead tasks independently to successful completion.
Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering

Responsibilities

Orchestrating the development and implementation of advanced validation strategies, specifically designed to stress and break the system, thereby identifying potential product weaknesses.
Board Measurements for Signal Integrity and overall functional validation.
Providing technical validation initiatives, focusing on high-impact areas like PCIe, HBM and SMC/BMC firmware to identify vulnerabilities during system-level integration.
Creating and executing validation test plans that address both functional and stress scenarios.
Ensuring compliance with OCP standards and secure solution development, including Out of Band Management and Redfish features.
Collaborating with multiple teams to devise and execute exhaustive validation test plans that simulate real-world stress scenarios and customer workloads.
Championing the process of debugging, root cause analysis, and resolution of issues discovered during the validation phases of AI and HPC systems.
Working closely with development teams to ensure all identified issues are addressed and rectified before production.
Advancing end-to-end validation test content, utilizing creative debugging skills and innovative approaches.