Graduate Trainee Engineer Job Listing at AMD in George Town, Penang (Job ID 170889)

Description

What you do at AMD changes everything 

At AMD, we push the boundaries of what is possible.  We believe in changing the world for the better by driving innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies – building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms, and the data center. 

Developing great technology takes more than talent: it takes amazing people who understand collaboration, respect, and who will go the “extra mile” to achieve unthinkable results.  It takes people who have the passion and desire to disrupt the status quo, push boundaries, deliver innovation, and change the world.   If you have this type of passion, we invite you to take a look at the opportunities available to come join our team.

GRADUATE TRAINEE ENGINEER

THE ROLE:

Technical, hands-on engineer responsible for Datacenter Server SoC Post-Silicon features validation and enablement at the silicon SoC level up through BIOS, system firmware, and OS levels on AMD Server products.  This individual will be primarily responsible for interfacing with silicon, firmware, and platform design groups to develop and execute validation test plans for Datacenter Server SoC products during emulation and post-silicon bring-up / validation, to debug SoC feature issues, and to run and maintain validation infrastructure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and execute feature enablement and validation test plans for SoC- and system-level SoC features across all AMD Server products
• Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure (software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup)
• Test interactions between various SoC features using validation infrastructure
• Debug and drive root-cause analysis for SoC related issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in developing tools to improve SoC validation and debug
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve post-silicon validation test strategy, methodology, and process

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Understanding of modern x86 microprocessor architecture and Server platform architecture is highly desired
• Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure
• Test plan and test development experience
• Participated in silicon bring up and debug, support to internal engineering teams
• Debug skills at both SoC and system level
• Familiarity with programming / scripting language (C/C++, Python, Perl, ...)
• Working knowledge of Server OSes (Linux, Windows)
• Must be a self-starting team player with excellent communication skills who can work with minimal guidance
• Forward thinker that drives improvement to development process, code architecture and fosters a spirit of innovation and continuous improvement
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills
• Working knowledge of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and protocol analyzers
• Hypervisor experience is a plus with regards to security encryption in virtualized environments
• Self-organizing and the ability multitask based on priorities

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Student with electrical & electronics, Computer engineering background.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and will consider all applicants without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. EOE/MFDV

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Requisition Number: 170889 
Country/Region/Location: Malaysia State/Province: Penang City: Penang 
Job Function: Product Engineering