Systems Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

About The Position

At AMD, the mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences across various domains like AI, data centers, PCs, gaming, and embedded systems. The company fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and shared passion to create extraordinary things, emphasizing bold ideas, human ingenuity, and diverse perspectives. Joining AMD means being part of a culture that pushes innovation limits to solve important challenges, striving for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive. The DCGPU Platform Power Design Team is responsible for designing high-technology platforms for world-class products based on AMD’s Instinct Graphics Processing Units (GPU’s). This team is crucial in architecting and shaping every graphics board offered by AMD, designing cutting-edge power converters for discrete graphics boards that meet stringent demands in current level, efficiency, and responsiveness to maximize GPU performance efficiently and cost-effectively. The ideal candidate is a hands-on problem solver who thrives in dynamic environments, tackles complex technical challenges, is detail-oriented yet capable of system-level thinking, and balances innovation with practical design execution. They should excel at cross-functional collaboration, mentoring, and clear technical communication, with curiosity, adaptability, and teamwork being key to success.

Requirements

B.S. is required
Proven technical understanding of power supply architectures and PDN in server, OAM, and PCIe environments.
Understanding of needed design and validation processes to design power circuits for high quality/reliability requirements.
Understanding and experience with multi-phase buck/buck-boost regulators, digital PWM controllers, bus converters, LDOs, PMICs, charge pumps, ADCs & DACs, etc
Working knowledge of 2D/2.5D EM simulation tools such as Sigrity’s PowerDC, PowerSI, SiWave or equivalent
Strong knowledge of high frequency magnetics design for power electronics
Printed circuit board design experience is a must.
Expertise in schematic capture, PCB design tools such as OrCAD or Allegro
Ability to work with multiple cross functional teams to make the right trade-offs on system level performance.
Excellent knowledge of control theory, closed loop compensation, stability analysis, phase margin, etc.
Proficiency with lab equipment such as oscilloscope, eload, function generator, etc.
Experience with analog circuit modeling and simulation tools (e.g. Simplis, PSpice, HSpice etc.) required.
Must have good written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

M.S. preferred.
Knowledge of AMD’s SVIx power management interface

Responsibilities

Supporting the architecture, design, analysis, and verification of power systems intended for powering high performance CPUs/GPUs/APUs.
Work with cross-functional teams to design and implement a full power delivery network.
Model and validate PDN impedance and droop targets.
Verify power supply integrity using lab and in-situ silicon measurements.
Work and guide the system’s design team to provide optimum component selection and detailed layout guidelines during the design execution phase.
Work with the Board Validation team to develop test plans/procedures to perform system-level validation for characterizing design margins on the power domains.
Work with SoC and System Architects and external industry to drive the latest power delivery technologies and innovations for computers and electronics industry.
Analyze and compare solutions, and then drive team insights and architecture forward into system implementation, SoC silicon, and power delivery silicon.
Conduct feasibility studies and work with development teams to deliver solutions.
Technically mentor junior power engineers in the team and verify their design and validation work.