Enterprise AI Lead Systems Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

About The Position

The AMD Compute and Enterprise AI Server team builds next-generation server platforms that power the data center of the future, delivering industry-leading EPYC and Instinct products with unmatched performance, quality, and reliability. We are seeking a Lead System Engineer (LSE) to own end-to-end platform validation — driving execution from architecture alignment through post-silicon validation, debug, and customer enablement. This role carries program-level technical authority, making critical tradeoffs to ensure our products are delivered on schedule, meet functional and performance targets, and satisfy real-world deployment requirements. You are a systems-level technical leader who thrives at the intersection of architecture, silicon, firmware, validation, and performance. You bring depth in at least one domain and the ability to rapidly build context across others. In this role, you will drive end-to-end program execution and feature delivery in ambiguity, making informed technical decisions that balance functionality, schedule, performance, and quality. You manage technical constraints, prioritize resources, and oversee test plan execution to ensure timely, high-quality silicon delivery. You work across a global, cross-functional organization—hardware (CPU, GPU, memory, IO, systems), software (firmware, BIOS, OS), architecture, validation, and customer engineering—to align priorities and ensure successful product delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (BS) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Ability to operate across architecture, silicon, firmware, validation, and performance domains, with depth in at least one
Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs in post-silicon or system development environments
Strong analytical skills: ability to structure complex problems, extract insights, and drive decisions
Comfort operating in ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete data
Ability to influence and align stakeholders across multiple teams and disciplines without direct authority
Clear executive communication: ability to articulate program status, risks, and tradeoffs to senior leadership
Experience with HW/SW test tools, debug methodologies, defect tracking, and version control systems
Solid understanding of computer architecture, silicon features, and system-level interactions
Experience with Linux and Windows, hypervisors (VMware, KVM, Hyper-V), and system validation environments

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree (MS) preferred
Track record of improving validation coverage, execution efficiency, or overall product quality

Responsibilities

Define program plans to meet product requirements within schedule and scope
Drive platform execution with full accountability for feature readiness, program risks, and delivery outcomes
Develop detailed validation strategy based on program complexity and feature set, ensuring coverage and scalability aligned to customer use cases
Own end-to-end delivery of system features, from architecture intent through validation results and customer use case
Lead cross-functional alignment across Architecture, FW/SW, Validation, and Customer Engineering
Drive post-silicon bring-up, test planning, and execution to meet delivery of sample commitments, validation milestones, and engineering collateral
Define platform configurations, firmware requirements, debug tools, and enablement flows required for system validation
Drive defect prioritization to identify high-impact issues, implement mitigation plans, and drive root cause analysis and resolution
Manage technical constraints and prioritization of program assets and engineering investments
Provide mentorship and technical guidance, fostering growth of early and mid-career engineers