System Validation Technical Program Manager - Server

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

4h•Onsite

About The Position

AMD’s Data Center Platform Engineering Group (DPEG) designs, builds, and delivers innovative technology infrastructure that powers the digital world. We develop cloud‑enabling server solutions that help the world’s leading companies turn ideas into reality. Our customers are future‑focused—and so are we—continuously staying ahead of the next challenge. As experts across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain, DPEG serves as the critical bridge between complex problems and scalable solutions for top cloud and telecom providers. Our customers rely on us to solve their most advanced server design challenges. Join our team and help build industry‑leading, high‑performance platforms alongside talented and passionate people. As part of the DC Platform Engineering organization, the Technical Program Manager (TPM) will lead the management and execution of AI and hyperscale server platform programs across the full product lifecycle—from product definition and planning through development, production, release, and end of life.

Requirements

Experience managing technical programs or workstreams across multiple cross‑functional teams with competing priorities.
Demonstrated ability to plan, track, and execute programs against defined requirements, schedules, and milestones.
Proficiency in program management fundamentals, including scope definition, schedule management, risk tracking, dependency management, and status reporting.
Experience driving cross‑functional alignment, facilitating reviews, and coordinating execution across engineering, validation, and partner teams.
Ability to identify, communicate, and escalate risks and issues with clear mitigation plans.
Strong written and verbal communication skills to present program status, risks, and readiness to internal and customer‑facing stakeholders.
Experience using program tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, dashboards, spreadsheets) to monitor progress and report execution health.
Experience in server and datacenter validation, including board, system, and rack‑level hardware and software qualification
Working knowledge of server platform architectures, including PCIe, memory, storage, networking, compute, management, and system‑level integration.
Experience developing and executing validation test plans, test cases, and tracking progress against requirements and milestones.
Ability to support triage and debug efforts, manage defect tracking, and drive issue resolution in collaboration with cross‑functional engineering teams.
Experience in automation and scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to improve validation efficiency and repeatability.
Solid understanding of validation methodologies to support reliable platform performance and milestone readiness.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, System Engineering or Computer Application or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, System Engineering or Computer Application

Responsibilities

Own server platform validation execution across board, system, and rack levels, ensuring alignment to program requirements and milestones.
Define and drive comprehensive validation test plans covering electrical, power, mechanical, thermal, shock & vibration, compliance, reliability, firmware, and system integration domains.
Partner closely with architecture, mechanical, platform, firmware, and system engineering teams to coordinate validation activities throughout the design lifecycle.
Apply sound technical judgment in developing test specifications, requirements, and methodologies for electrical, firmware, and platform‑level validation.
Manage validation schedules, requirement tracking, and execution progress, ensuring timely completion and clear communication of results.
Lead triage and debug activities, driving root‑cause identification and issue resolution while escalating risks as needed.
Prepare and maintain validation documentation, including test summaries, status reports, and milestone readiness inputs.
Represent validation in internal and customer‑facing program meetings, providing accurate status, risk awareness, and milestone readiness updates.
Support Internal Server R&D hardware validation efforts as required.
Contribute to validation automation efforts to improve test coverage, efficiency, and repeatability.