HSIO Validation Execution Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

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. We are looking for a dynamic, energetic and passionate technical leader to join our growing datacenter CPU and AI post silicon validation team with expertise in the areas of highspeed IO such as PCI Express, multi-socket, Networking to drive the system validation and debug of AI GPU systems. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s product, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market. The Systems Design Engineering and validation team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

Requirements

BSEE/CSE/CS with 8+ years of experience or MSEE/CSE/CS with 6+ years of experience

Nice To Haves

Deeper domain expertise in areas such as IO interfaces - PCIe, CXL, RAS, Power management drive comprehensive system level test-plan execution
Strong understanding of Server platform components, x86 or other complex CPU architectures. Proficiency with Linux and/or Microsoft Operating Systems is a plus.
Experience developing validation test-plans, execution and strong debug skills at SoC/Platform level.
Participated in silicon bring up and debug, support to internal engineering teams
Familiarity with programming / scripting language (C/C++, Python, Perl, ...)
Strong networking and relationship-building skills, with the ability to drive effective decision-making across various functions and levels within the organization.
Extensive experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.
Extensive experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization
Experience with handling and taking captures using Oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and JTAG based Debug Tools.
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple workstreams and meet tight deadlines.
Strong networking and relationship-building skills, with the ability to drive effective decision-making across various functions and levels within the organization.
Knowledge of pre-silicon environments (Verification, Emulation, Virtual Bring-Up) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute feature enablement and validation test plans for SoC- and system-level SoC features across AMD Server and AI products in high-speed IO
Develop test content for both focus testing as well as system level stress testing of IO domain plus cross product stress testing
Exposure to functionally validating, regressing, executing and debugging Networking/IFoE/IB/UAL/Scale up/Scale out or related domains
Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure (software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup)
Collaborate with partner organizations to provide root cause analysis for platform issues in a Data center environment. Drive the provide root cause analysis for platform level, SoC logical, performance and BIOS/firmware issues
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in developing tools to improve SoC validation and debug
Work with cross-functional teams to improve post-silicon validation test strategy, methodology, and process