Platform Validation Lead - IO Interfaces

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At 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. Whether 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. THE ROLE: 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, CXL or RAS 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

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

Nice To Haves

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
Leverage AI/ML technologies to enhance post-silicon validation, debug, and test automation efficiency, including development of AI-assisted workflows, data analytics, failure triage, log analysis, and intelligent root-cause identification.
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