SoC Platform Debug Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities:

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Systems Design Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s product line, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s ability to deliver the highest quality, industry‑leading technologies to market. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with design, architecture, validation, and manufacturing engineering teams to resolve critical issues and ensure the highest quality standards.

As a Systems Design Engineer, you will work on issues that arise during program execution including bring‑up. In this high‑visibility position, your systems engineering expertise will be necessary to develop solutions, assess root causes, and produce solution resolutions.

• Collaborate with server hardware and BIOS teams to support bring‑up and root‑cause analysis of platform issues.
• Collaborate with partner organizations to provide root cause analysis for logical issues in a data center environment. The debug role is expected to provide root cause analysis for platform level, logical, performance and BIOS/firmware issues.
• Validate workarounds for silicon bugs and enhance debug capabilities and methodologies over time.
• Manage and track technical issues, risks, and priorities effectively with the business unit and SW Debug tools teams. Manage customer and executive communications, including program status, risks and opportunities.
• Maintain strong communication skills, both verbal and written, to convey summary findings and recommendations to senior management.

• Understanding of Server platform components, x86 or other complex CPU architectures. Proficiency with Linux and/or Microsoft Operating Systems is a plus.
• Demonstrable experience in designing experiments to solve problems and strong analytical skills.
• Prior experience with computer system design and/or validation, testing tools, and environments.
• Experience with handling and taking captures using oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and JTAG based debug tools.
• Proficiency in C, Python, and shell scripting for low‑level development and debug.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple work streams and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong networking and relationship‑building skills, with the ability to drive effective decision‑making across various functions and levels within the organization.
• Familiarity with DFD and DFT technologies is a plus.
• Knowledge of pre‑silicon environments (Verification, Emulation, Virtual Bring‑Up) is a plus.

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or related major, with 2+ years of applicable experience.

Austin, TX

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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