Senior Technical Leader SW Development

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Senior Technical Leader - Robotics Software SDK Development      WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING     AMD's Robotics and Physical AI initiatives require senior technical leaders to define and build a modern, high performance Robotics Software SDK that accelerates development across navigation, perception, manipulation, sensing, heterogeneous compute, and AI acceleration. The PMTS role is a  high impact technical leadership position , consistent with AMD's technical career ladder, and spans architecture, crossteam collaboration, and sustained innovation in the robotics software ecosystem.

THE ROLE     As a  Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS)  in  Robotics Software SDK Development , you will architect, design, and deliver a comprehensive robotics software stack leveraging AMD's APU platforms, accelerators, sensor interfaces, and opensource robotics frameworks. You will drive AMD's robotics ecosystem enablement-including ROS2, Vulkan/ROCm accelerators, simulation tool chains, navigation and perception modules, and integrated AI pipelines
You function as a  technical leader across organizational boundaries , guiding system design decisions, SDK API definitions, performance optimization, and cross functional alignment with silicon, platform, AI, and customer engineering teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES      1. Robotics SDK Architecture & Development      Define and own the architecture, design principles, and roadmap for AMD's Robotics Software Development Kit, aligned with AMD's adaptive compute and sensor fusion roadmap
Build core modules for:
Perception (camera/LiDAR/IMU fusion, accelerated vision pipelines via ROCm/Vulkan)
Navigation (NAV2, SLAM, motion planning)
Manipulation (Move It-based planning stacks)
Simulation interfaces (Gazebo, O3DE/Robotec.ai)

Ensure SDK compatibility across AMD hardware platforms (x86, SoCs, FPGAs/ACAP, Ryzen AI, R8000 families) as described in robotics strategy files (Robotics Strategy...).
2. Performance, Optimization & Accelerators      Architect and optimize compute pipelines, leveraging ROCm, GPU compute, AIE/FPGA acceleration, and hardwareassisted libraries (Robotics Strategy...).
Define performance KPIs and lead profiling, benchmarking, and tuning of robotics workloads on AMD hardware.
3. Cross Functional Technical Leadership      Provide  consultative direction to senior leadership , consistent with PMTS expectations
Collaborate with:
Silicon/platform architects
AI/ML teams (Ryzen AI, ROCm)
Sensor and I/O engineering
OS/hypervisor teams (Linux, TSN, Ether

CAT, Xen, etc.)
Field and customer engineering teams

4. Open Source Ecosystem Engagement      Represent AMD in ROS2, simulation, and robotics opensource communities.
Contribute upstream enhancements for AMD acceleration backends (ROCm, Vulkan compute, AIE, TinyML).
5. Productization, Quality & SDK Lifecycle Management      Establish SDK release processes, documentation standards, API stability guidelines, and reference application examples
Ensure crossversion compatibility, dependency resolution, and packaged deployment across Linux distributions, containers, and edge devices.
6. Mentorship & Organizational Impact      Mentor senior engineers and influence crossteam technical decision making, as expected of a PMTS
Drive innovation through patents, technical papers, internal demos, and reviews with executives.
THE PERSON      Required Attributes      Recognized subject matter expert in robotics software, SDK architecture, or heterogeneous compute systems.
Proven ability to operate at principallevel scope, influencing across multiple AMD organizations
Excellent communication, mentoring, and cross functional alignment skills.
Technical Qualifications      15+ years in robotics, embedded systems, or advanced compute software engineering.
Deep expertise in:
ROS2 , navigation/perception stacks
C++ , Python, modern software architecture
GPU and accelerator programming ( ROCm , Vulkan, OpenCL)
Realtime systems, TSN, industrial interfaces (Ether

CAT, CANFD, etc.)
Simulation tools (Gazebo, O3DE, Foxglove)

Experience integrating AI/ML pipelines into robotics systems (AIE, Tensor Flow, PyTorch, ONNX).

Preferred Experience      Contributions to opensource robotics or GPU ecosystems.

Experience with complex SoC platforms and hardware/software…