Senior Failure Engineer

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At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them.

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

As a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and successful deployment of AMD’s next-generation GPU-accelerated server platforms and AI infrastructure. Working at the intersection of hardware, firmware, validation, manufacturing, and quality engineering, you will investigate complex system- and rack-level failures across high-performance compute environments and help drive rapid resolution of critical technical issues.

This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge server technologies that power large-scale AI and data center deployments. You will collaborate with world-class engineering teams, support internal AMD sites, and influence platform reliability through deep technical analysis, structured root cause investigations, and continuous process improvements. If you thrive in hands‑on lab environments, enjoy solving difficult technical challenges, and want to make a direct impact on products deployed at scale, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of AMD’s data center growth journey.

The ideal candidate is a highly analytical problem solver who enjoys tackling complex technical challenges and driving issues to resolution. You are naturally curious, detail-oriented, and comfortable working through ambiguous problems involving hardware, firmware, and system interactions.

You excel in collaborative environments, effectively partnering with cross‑functional teams while also taking ownership of independent investigations. Strong communication skills are essential, as you'll be expected to translate highly technical findings into clear recommendations and corrective actions for a broad range of stakeholders.

You are passionate about continuous learning, embrace emerging technologies and AI‑assisted workflows, and enjoy helping others by creating documentation, sharing knowledge, and improving engineering processes.

• Within the first several months, become proficient with AMD server platforms, rack-level infrastructure, debug workflows, and failure analysis methodologies.
• Drive root cause investigations involving server, rack, and data center level failures across CPU, GPU, memory, PCIe, networking, storage, power, and thermal subsystems.
• Support internal AMD sites with system bring‑up, issue triage, troubleshooting, and debug activities to accelerate deployment readiness.
• Reproduce field and manufacturing failures in laboratory environments and validate corrective actions that improve product quality and reliability.
• Partner with firmware, validation, design, manufacturing, and quality teams to drive cross‑functional resolution of complex technical issues.
• Develop and maintain troubleshooting guides, standard operating procedures, and technical documentation that enable effective issue resolution across global teams.
• Contribute to Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) efforts, helping drive systemic improvements in reliability, serviceability, and testability.
• Leverage AI‑assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve debug efficiency, accelerate log analysis, and enhance knowledge‑sharing capabilities.
• Serve as a technical resource and mentor for internal teams by promoting best practices for failure isolation, structured debugging, and problem‑solving.

• Hands‑on experience debugging server platforms, rack‑level systems, or data…