Client System Technology Architecture Lead

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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.

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Lead / Principal Systems Design Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s products, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry‑leading technologies to market. The Systems Solution Architecture team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

As a Leader in Systems Solution Architecture, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions. In this high visibility position, your system solution engineering expertise across hardware, software, and firmware will be necessary towards product ideation, innovation and definition.

• Lead strategic exploration and ideation for client product portfolio system-level technology innovation
• Roadmap for system technologies and innovations
  
  Champion system innovation ROI to embed system-level innovation into engineering and business culture
• Drive a continuous innovation process focused on system technologies supporting client product portfolio system solutions
• Deliver data-driven engineering cost/benefit analysis for system innovations through theoretical and empirical methods (e.g. system level modeling, proof of concept experiments, etc.)
• Define and deliver system technology requirements for product intercepts
• Drive innovation in one or more specific system technology area(s) as an individual contributor (e.g. display, camera, sensors, AI) with a focus on closing competitive gaps and enabling new experiences and marketable outcomes
• Lead and grow a small team of other system technology subject matter experts covering other business-critical system technology domains

• PC system architecture experience with depth in one or more domains
• Team leadership experience
• Demonstrated technology innovation skills
• Experience in business/engineering collaboration
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and key stakeholders
• Experience in process definition, change management, and governance
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details
• Must be a leader, and able to independently set direction and drive tasks to completion
• Excellent executive communication skills

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering

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.