Software Development Test Engineer Lead AI Platform

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

AMD is seeking an influential software engineer to improve the performance of key applications and benchmarks. The role is part of a core team working with current hardware and software technology. The successful candidate will apply software engineering and leadership skills to resolve sophisticated issues and collaborate effectively with teams across AMD. The position involves working with architecture specialists to improve future products, applying data-minded optimization, following software and hardware trends, designing and developing AMD technologies, participating in ASIC and hardware bring-up, and debugging existing issues. Preferred experience centers on leading optical transceiver validation and platform bring-up, with PCIe architecture and virtualization knowledge. The role also includes technical leadership of a small validation/platform team and collaboration with distributed teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
Strong software engineering skills and the ability to lead sophisticated issues to resolution.
Effective communication and collaboration skills across teams.
Strong understanding of PCIe architecture, link training, device discovery, and PCIe enumeration mechanisms for system-level validation and debugging.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, including analysis of system-level issues spanning hardware, firmware, and software.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PCIe virtualization technologies, including SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization).
Experience leading optical transceiver validation across functionality, interoperability, performance, reliability, and compliance testing.
Experience driving platform bring-up and validation with hardware, firmware, and software teams.
Experience technically leading a small validation/platform team, defining priorities, and mentoring engineers.
Proven experience collaborating with remote, geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

Work with AMD architecture specialists to improve future products.
Apply a data-minded approach to target optimization efforts.
Stay informed about software and hardware trends and innovations, especially those related to algorithms and architecture.
Design and develop new AMD technologies.
Participate in new ASIC and hardware bring-ups.
Debug and fix existing issues, and research more efficient ways to accomplish the same work.
Develop technical relationships with peers and partners.
Lead and execute optical transceiver validation activities, including functionality, interoperability, performance, reliability, and compliance testing across multiple platform configurations.
Drive platform bring-up, validation, and issue resolution in collaboration with hardware, firmware, and software development teams.
Technically lead a small validation/platform team, define priorities, and mentor engineers.
Collaborate with remote and geographically distributed teams across time zones to support communication and project milestones.