Sr. Manager, Memory Systems Engineering

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. As a Senior Manager, System Memory Validation Engineering, you will lead a team responsible for ensuring the performance, reliability, and quality of AMD's next-generation memory solutions. You will drive system memory validation strategy from pre-silicon development through customer deployment, working closely with architecture, silicon design, firmware, BIOS, and validation teams. This role combines deep technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and people management to enable industry-leading server, AI, and high-performance computing platforms. The successful candidate is a seasoned engineering leader with deep system memory expertise and a demonstrated ability to lead teams through complex validation, bring-up, and product enablement challenges. They combine strong technical depth across hardware, firmware, and system software with exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and a commitment to developing talent and delivering customer success.

Requirements

Expertise in system memory technologies, including DDR, LPDDR, HBM, and memory subsystem architecture.
Strong experience with pre-silicon and post-silicon memory validation, bring-up, debug, and performance optimization.
Deep understanding of firmware, BIOS/UEFI, and system software interactions with memory subsystems.
Engineering leadership experience managing teams and driving cross-functional execution across hardware and software organizations.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead a hardworking distributed team passionate about delivering robust technical solutions including pre-silicon and post-silicon work.
Own the team to innovate methods for pre-silicon memory validation and efficiencies for post silicon memory bring up, feature enablement, optimization, and validation.
Lead system memory validation strategy from pre-silicon through customer adoption working across architecture, silicon design, firmware, validation, and debug teams.
Proactively leading project planning, developing, and maintaining schedules, managing dependencies, and ensuring quality of work you are doing at committed landmarks.
Working directly with our customers to ensure their memory solutions meet industry best requirements.
Drive debug and resolution of system memory issues across silicon, firmware/BIOS, and coordinating with memory partners as needed.
Drive communication of program status, key milestones, risks, and deliverables to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Build and develop a high-performing team through coaching, mentorship, and technical leadership.