PMTS Systems Design Eng. Job Listing at AMD in Bayan Lepas, Penang (Job ID 40052-en-us)

Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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THE ROLE:  

As AMD grows, growing our leadership in systems engineering expertise is essential for all new products in the AMD pipeline. As Lead System Engineer, you will drive pioneering work to integrate server CPUs at the platform level to deliver solutions across the computing spectrum. This will include Data Center, HPC, and Machine Learning / Deep Learning.

As an EPYC Server Lead System Engineer, you are the technical leader responsible for System and Silicon Validation of the integrated CPU, BIOS & Firmware and platform hardware solutions. This includes hardware (CPU, memory, high-speed IO, systems, and peripherals) and software (firmware, BIOS, drivers, OS, virtualization, system management, and applications). You will provide technical leadership across silicon design, platform design, platform debug, firmware development, software development, system validation and performance optimization to meet program goals of quality platform delivery on schedule at target performance.

THE PERSON:  

As a Leader in Systems Design Engineering, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions. You must have experience both as a technical lead and/or a project manager and a strong understanding of the general silicon design process (preferably CPU), from concept to tape-out and through production. Furthermore you should have experience with driving multi-disciplinary engineering teams across geographies. You must also have exceptional written and verbal communication skills at both the detailed engineering and executive levels.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Driving technical innovation to improve AMD's capabilities across validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives 
• Debugging issues found during the process, bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs  
• Working with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time 
• Working closely with supporting technical teams  
• Engaging in other software/hardware modeling frameworks 
• Leading collaborative approach with multiple teams 
• Overall leadership, validation planning, development and execution across AMD:
• Develop detailed approach for Validation through Phased Validation Process
• Assure that all delivery responsibilities are clearly defined across all relevant and participating organizations
• Drive cross organization teams to ensure Silicon/SW/Platform/etc. features are in sync, development is supported, and validation is planned
• Drive execution for integrated CPU validation, characterization, and debug at the platform level
• Lead Defect prioritization and drive root-cause resolution
• • Provide overall prioritization for all observations found in validation
  • Act as technical leader driving root cause determination for high impact, complex observations whether found by AMD or our customers / partners
  • Drive delivery of production solutions to technical issues and design challenges

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python) 
• Debug techniques and methodologies 
• Extensive experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.  
• Extensive experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization 
• Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy 
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details 
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion
• Highly organized, able to prioritize, and juggle multiple work streams to tight deadlines
• Strong analytical skills: Ability to structure and execute complex analysis, draw insights, and communicate summary conclusions/recommendations to senior management and AMD customers / partners
• Matrix leadership: Ability to network, build relationships, and collaborate to drive effective decision-making across multiple functions and levels within AMD
• Technical leadership: ability to champion, deliver and apply new tools, methods, capabilities to platform validation to improve, schedule and quality or deliver new platform features.
• Executive communication: Both written and verbal - ability to clearly and concisely summarize program and problem status to provide AMD's executive team with actionable insight against product objectives
• Prior experience with testing tools and environments, defect tracking and revision control
• Experience with Computer Architecture concepts and silicon features
• Experience with Linux  and Microsoft Operating Systems, Hypervisors (VMware, KVM, XEN, Hyper-V, etc.), and validation/certification processes for each of these environments

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• BS or MSEE degree with 15+ years of relevant working experience in new product development from a silicon design, platform design and/or product engineering discipline.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.