Silicon Diagnostics Lead – Graphics & Compute/AI

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

About The Position

Be part of the world's leading graphics and AI accelerator team developing diagnostics applications for the functional and behavior verification of state-of-the-art graphics accelerators. This role will involve technical leadership in designing, implementing, and deploying world class AI and graphics workloads. The candidate will also partner with hardware architecture, silicon design, and manufacturing to ensure product/execution excellence from pre-silicon through customer deployment.

Requirements

Significant technical experience and proven leadership experience managing teams of various sizes/strengths.
Experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) phases for semi-conductor programs in both pre-silicon and post-silicon.
Excellence in planning for schedules, resources, and dependencies
Experience in working with Engineers, Program/Project Managers, and Executives across multiple organizations to align a common solution
Deep understanding of GFX and compute architectures, with proven ability to design and implement diagnostic and test cases that maximize coverage and proactively identify silicon issues
Expert in Modern C++ (C++17 and beyond)
Experience in developing tools around test Infra automation as well as HW design for easier triage/debug.
Proficiency in Scripting and automation languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Csh, etc)
Linux & Windows shells working environment
Understanding of AI/ML principles and some experience in applying LLM & ML models in applications
Experience with working in DevOps environment like GitHub, CI/CD pipelines
Excellent problem-solving abilities with a keen eye for detail are highly valued
Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Responsibilities

Define, the long-term roadmap for GPU performance testing, feature testing, and manufacturing testing for both pre-silicon and post-silicon verification
Execution Excellence: Lead a team to execute on AMD’s roadmap projects providing on-time Diagnostic test deliveries, risk assessments, and action plans to meet our customers’ needs.
Design & Architect advanced diagnostics to detect, localize, and triage GPU defects or performance bottlenecks.
Lead team initiatives to integrate customer application layers – like ROCm, OpenCL and Vulkan – into diagnostics development pipeline, ensuring compatibility and enhanced GPU testing
Overseeing and providing development support to team members.
Encourage team members to work on high visibility projects to grow technical skills and move the needle forward
Continuous collaboration with DFx, Performance, Manufacturing, and Validation teams to improve coverage, yield, and field reliability while growing credibility within the organization
Creating comprehensive updates for upper levels of management, clearly articulating areas of excellence and improvement.