Systems Engineering Lead Feature Enablement and Validation

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The AMD Client & Graphics (CG) Systems Engineering team needs a dynamic Senior Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership to our growing Virtualization Feature Enablement & Validation team. As a Senior Technical Lead, you will lead a team responsible for end‑to‑end technical execution of feature enablement, validation and debugging of integrated systems with multiple IPs such as SRIOV, RAS, RM, Clustering and server technologies.

• A hands‑on technical leader who guides and supports the team, fostering collaboration, accountability and technical excellence
• A dependable team player who creates an inclusive, collaborative work environment and leads by example
• An effective communicator with strong listening skills, able to align the team and clearly articulate technical direction, expectations, and tradeoffs
• Possesses broad system‑level knowledge with strong debugging and problem‑solving skills, motivated by complex, cross‑domain technical challenges
• Combines deep systems thinking and debug expertise with pragmatic project execution, continuous improvement in validation methodologies and tooling, and effective cross‑team collaboration

• Own and lead end‑to‑end execution of CG‑VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) feature enablement and validation strategy across multiple programs, spanning pre‑silicon and post‑silicon phases, including prioritization, planning and delivery commitments
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership for complex system‑level debug across pre‑silicon, bring‑up, validation and production, driving effective triage, root‑cause analysis and timely issue closure
• Mentor and develop engineers through coaching, technical reviews and knowledge sharing; foster a culture of ownership, high quality and continuous learning within a small team
• Collaborate closely with design, DV, firmware, driver, diagnostics, emulation and tools teams to align on requirements, interfaces, schedules and efficient debug workflows
• Support customer platform issues in partnership with customer support teams, including issue reproduction, analysis and development of fixes or workarounds
• Lead and set the technical direction as the CG‑VDI technical leader across business units, owning strategy, standards and alignment on feature readiness, debug approaches and validation quality, while driving cross‑team virtualization innovation through best‑practice leadership, technical mentorship and standardization—improving efficiency and effectiveness via automation, infrastructure enhancements, dashboards and methodological advancements

• Recent experience in the SOC industry, including experience as a technical team lead
• Programming and scripting skills (e.g., C/C++, Python) with a proven record of architecting and scaling validation automation and tooling
• Proven technical authority leading complex, cross‑functional initiatives and teams, with end‑to‑end ownership of technical strategy, execution and delivery risk
• Deep system expertise driving ASIC‑, board‑ and platform‑level debug, owning structured triage and root‑cause analysis across power, clocking, sequencing and system optimization
• Advanced hands‑on proficiency with lab instrumentation (e.g., protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes) to resolve critical, system‑level issues
• Strong command of PC architectures and virtualization concepts, with working knowledge of high‑speed interfaces and system integration tradeoffs
• Exceptional technical communication and influence skills, able to drive alignment and decisions across…