NPU Diagnostics Software Engineer

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career. Be part of the world's leading silicon team building the diagnostics that bring AMD's AI hardware to life. You'll work in a high-energy environment alongside expert, diverse engineers, with real opportunities to grow your career and apply modern AI to hard engineering problems. Together we advance_

You are a motivated, hands-on engineer who enjoys working close to hardware and solving complex technical problems. You thrive in a collaborative environment, take ownership of your work, and have a passion for debugging, automation, and continuous improvement. With a strong curiosity for AI and emerging technologies, you leverage innovative tools and data-driven approaches to improve engineering productivity and product quality.

You are an effective communicator who can work across hardware, firmware, driver, and validation teams to help deliver industry-leading AI hardware from concept through production.

The Diagnostics team develops the software that brings up, validates, and qualifies AMD's Neural Processing Unit (NPU / AI Engine) IP inside AMD's Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). In this role you will design and develop diagnostics that validate NPU hardware design and features at the system level, from pre-silicon through production, for a complex and advanced semiconductor product. You will collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, driver, and validation teams to enable state-of-the-art AI hardware through software.

We are looking for a highly motivated engineer who enjoys low-level and embedded programming and can independently drive tasks to completion.

• Design and develop tests to validate NPU (AI Engine) hardware design and features in pre-silicon and post-silicon stages
• Diagnose and fix hardware issues using GDB and register-level debug tools
• Participate in new APU ASIC bring-up and execution
• Develop SLT (System Level Test) and ASIC qualification suites
• Optimize diagnostics software for coverage, effectiveness, and efficiency
• Develop and deploy AI-based tools and workflows to accelerate test development, failure triage, and debug
• Build and debug automation tools to improve productivity

• Proven experience in low-level or embedded software development with direct hardware interaction
• Strong C++ programming; experience with modern C++ standards (C++ 11/14/17/20) a plus
• Good understanding of computer architecture and operating systems
• Experience with software development and debugging in Linux
• Experience with debuggers (GDB, Win Dbg, etc.)
• Familiarity with source control systems (Git, SVN, Perforce)
• Strong debugging, testing, and communication skills
• Proven ability to develop and deploy AI/ML solutions that resolve real engineering problems - for example, automating test generation, hardware failure and log triage, debug assistance, or developer productivity tooling
• Hands-on knowledge of Python and modern AI/ML…