Principal Systems Design Engineer

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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.

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 product, 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 Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

As a leader in Systems Design Engineering, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions. In this high visibility position, your software systems engineering expertise will be necessary towards product development, definition, and root cause resolution.

• Driving technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across functional and performance validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross‑functional initiatives.
• Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and firmware engineers to understand new features to be verified and product specs to generate new content and identify gaps.
• Build test plans and documentation, accounting for interactions with other features, hardware, firmware, and software driver use cases.
• Debug test failures to determine root cause; work with RTL and firmware engineers to resolve design defects and correct test issues in SOC programs during bring‑up, validation, and production phases.
• Track test execution with multiple teams to ensure all features are validated and optimized on time.
• Lead collaborative approaches with multiple teams to develop test plans and directed and random validation/verification test cases.
• Lead and coach junior engineers in day‑to‑day execution and debugging.

• Programming/scripting skills in C/C++, Perl, Ruby, or Python.
• Strong understanding and hands‑on experience in post‑silicon functional and/or performance validation, core or equivalent relevance to stress security features, dynamic test generation, directed test development, etc.
• Debugging scans and understanding of strong assembly; proficient in debugging firmware and RTL code using simulation tools.
• Automating workflows in a distributed compute environment.
• Proficiency in working with Linux, hypervisors, and virtual environments.
• Familiarity with transient execution attacks (Spectre, Meltdown, etc.), hardware protection features, virtualization platforms such as VMware, Hyper‑V, Xen Server; experience is a plus.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering with 10+ years of experience.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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AMD is an equal‑opportunity employer and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicant needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of recruitment.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.