SoC Architect

Overview

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you ll discover the real differentiator is our culture.

We push the limits of innovation to solve the world s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

You will be part of a small, but dedicated team driving discrete GPU products  performance attainments and solutions across hardware, software and the platform. The main tasks will be performance analysis of gaming workloads and building/maintaining a framework of tools that facilitate performance analysis.

You have good communication and analytical/problem-solving skills.

You are a fast learner and willing to take on new challenges.

You are a self-starter who can work independently but works toward making the overall product successful.

You should have good analytical and problem-solving skills with an interest in constantly making things stronger, better, faster.

• Utilize your professional experience in CPU and GPU architecture, programming, and workload or data analysis to address a variety of tasks, including conducting performance and power analyses on workloads, as well as developing tools to support such assessments.
• Adapt quickly to new architectures and contribute to the rapid deployment of new products by ensuring optimal performance during their introduction.
• Identify and resolve root causes of performance regressions, whether related to performance or power features, collaborating with relevant teams to implement solutions.
• Engage with forward-looking hardware teams to ensure that any issues discovered in silicon are addressed in future designs.
• Lead or participate in cross-functional performance debugging efforts, and perform comprehensive analyses, breakdowns, and comparisons of workload performance.
• Generate and evaluate performance data on new GPU hardware to support ongoing product improvement.

• Previous experience with performance analysis and optimization
• Strong knowledge of CPU/GPU architectures
• Previous experience visualizing or analyzing data is desirable
• Good programming skills: preference for Python

• 10-15 years of related work experience and a minimum BS in EE and CS/CE or ECE degree(s) are required

Austin, TX; but would consider Santa Clara, CA;
Fort Collins, CO

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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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.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.