Principal Systems Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Folsom, CA

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 Lead / Principal Systems Design Engineer to join our growing team. 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 team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

Requirements

As a Leader in Systems Design Engineering, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions.
In this high visibility position, your software systems engineering expertise will be necessary towards product development, definition, and root cause resolution.
Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering with 10+ years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python)
Strong understanding and hands-on experience in post silicon Functional and/or Performance validation in Core or relevant experience to stress Security features (dynamic test generation, directed test development etc.)
Debugging Scans and understanding strong Assembly and proficient in debugging firmware and RTL code using simulation tools
Automating workflows in a distributed compute environment.
Proficient in working with Linux, Hypervisors and Virtual environments.
Familiarity with transient execution attacks (such as Spectre, Meltdown, etc.), hardware features that protect software, and virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, etc.) experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Driving technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across functional and/or Performance validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives
Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and firmware engineers to understand the new features to be verified and understand product specs to generate new content and identify gaps.
Build test plan, documentation, accounting for interactions with other features, the hardware, the firmware, and the software driver use cases.
Debug test failures to determine the root cause; work with RTL and firmware engineers to resolve design defects and correct any test issues in the SOC (System on a Chip) programs bring-up, validation, and production phases.
Working with multiple teams and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time.
Leading collaborative approaches with multiple teams and develop test plans and directed and random validation/verification test cases.
Ready to lead and work with junior engineers and coach them to day-to-day execution and debug.