Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company, known for designing and developing computer processors and graphics technologies. Founded in 1969, the company is based in Santa Clara, Calif., with a significant operation in Austin, Texas.

Experienced Silicon Design Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.

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The Role

We are seeking a seasoned SoC Architect with expertise or significant interest in System Architecture. You have had significant success driving architecture, product roadmaps and product requirements. You are meticulous about Power, Performance and Area while driving schedule and managing cost. This senior role will stretch you as you lead architecture teams in new directions, network with our world-class, patent-holding think-tank, and negotiate amongst design teams, marketing, and business unit executives.

The Person

You have excellent communication and presentation skills, demonstrated through technical publications, presentations, trainings, executive briefings, etc. You are highly adept at collaboration among top-thinkers and engineers alike, ready to mentor and guide, and help to elevate the knowledge and skills of the team around you.

Key Responsibilities

• Define product features and capabilities, close architecture, and micro-architecture requirements, drive technical specifications for SoC and IP blocks to meet those requirements, and provide technical direction to execution teams
• Comprehend the SOC as a complete system which includes HW (Silicon), FW, BIOS & SW and ensure that FW, BIOS & SW are aligned to enable all features, optimizing for performance and power
• Work cross functionally with IP/Domain architects to identify and assess complex technical issues/risks and develop architectural solutions to achieve product requirements
• Knowledge sharing and other contributions to Platform & System Architecture
• As an overall product owner, responsible for architecture analysis and technical solutions for marketing/feature change requests
• Work closely with Design teams for Area and Floorplan refinement, Verification Test plan reviews, Timing targets, Emulation plans, Pre-Si bug resolution and Performance/Power Verification sign offs
• Support Post-Si teams for Product Performance, Power and functional issues debug/resolution

Preferred Experience

• Outstanding foundation in Systems & SoC architecture, with expertise in one or more of the following: CPU or GPU, Memory sub-system, Fabrics, CPU/GPU coherency, Multimedia, I/O subsystems, Clocks, Resets, Virtualization and Security
• Experience analyzing CPU, GPU or System-level Micro-Architectural features to identify performance bottlenecks within different workloads
• Demonstrated expertise in power management microarchitecture, low power design and power optimization, along with power impact at architecture, logic design, and circuit levels
• Excellent communication, management, and presentation skills.
• Adept at collaboration among top-thinkers and senior architects with strong interpersonal skills to work across teams in different geographies

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in related discipline preferred

At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package. Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail

Performance Modeling Engineer

AMD is looking for an influential software engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a team of talented industry specialists and will work in driving advanced exploration for next generation GPU architectures and micro-architectures for the next generation workloads.

 

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate should be passionate about system architecture, performance modeling, AI models and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with a set of partners.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work as part of AMD’s GPU Architecture and Performance Team to develop future AMD products.
• Run simulation models for new products and analyze results to characterize both the product and workloads.
• Keep abreast of new workloads, particularly for AI models.
• Collaborate closely with hardware architects, system engineers and business teams in evaluating and understanding performance characteristics.

 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong understanding of system architecture and hardware design
• Experience with modeling of systems
• Understanding of AI workloads at a detailed level
• GPU software development and parallel programming
• Analytical and performance analysis skills
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills
• Software development in C++ and Python
• Motivating leader with good interpersonal skills
• Recent experience, particularly in areas of GPU/parallel programming, computer architecture, machine learning and software engineering.

 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related

 

LOCATION: Austin, TX

 

Finance Manager, AI

This high-visibility role supports AMD’s AI organization, reporting directly to the Director of AI Finance. The position focuses on providing strategic financial insights and managing operating expense reporting to guide decision-making, streamline planning, and drive meaningful business outcomes. You will collaborate with business leaders to deliver financial expertise and spearhead initiatives that are critical to the success of AMD’s rapidly growing AI business. You’ll work closely with senior executives to develop strategies and implement innovative process improvements in a dynamic, high-pressure environment.

 

THE PERSON
The ideal candidate is a proactive collaborator with experience in the semiconductor industry and a proven ability to excel in a fast-paced, high-demand environment. They have exceptional analytical and communication skills, a passion for challenging the status quo, and a dedication to enhancing operational efficiency. Key traits include a sense of ownership, accountability, and a drive to lead impactful initiatives.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver timely and accurate financial information to support business planning, forecasting, and decision-making.
• Collaborate with business partners to forecast product development costs and track progress against plans.
• Identify financial risks and problem areas, propose solutions, and implement process improvements.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic decision-making.
• Provide month-end accounting and financial support, including journal entries and variance analysis.
• Offer day-to-day financial guidance by approving spending requests and ensuring alignment with budgets.
• Utilize advanced Excel skills to streamline reporting, automate tasks, and improve efficiency.
• Prepare and validate financial reports with supporting documentation for the BU.
• Actively participate in cross-functional business initiatives and projects.
• Identify opportunities to enhance processes, optimize reporting, and refine operational cadences.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Extensive finance experience in a multinational, high-tech environment.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with senior executives.
• Proven ability to succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Robust analytical skills with the ability to distill complex data into actionable insights.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Semiconductor industry experience is highly desirable.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline.
• CPA and/or MBA preferred.

LOCATION:

 

• Austin, TX or San Jose, CA

 

System Software Engineer

THE ROLE:

We are looking for an experienced Engineer, who with their system software expertise will develop software to program & manage heterogenous compute architectures in AMD SOC’s packed with FPGA and various other compute processors. Ability to work cross-functionally across FPGA design, boards, SOC’s, various software stacks (linux, rtos, baremetal) will be essential to succeed in this role.

 

THE PERSON:

Ability to go broad in knowledge working on various hardware (board, fpga configurations) and narrow for software development (driver or firmware) will make one successful. The joy for learning in this space will be immensely supported by colleagues with diverse areas of expertise around.

We at AMD are take Adaptable & High Performance Compute seriously, so if you like reconfigurable hardware and all-programmable SOC, you would love our team.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Software Development: Develop linux user-space apps & kernel-space drivers. Develop baremetal, rtos firmwares & applications. Develop tests at unit-test, integration & system level.
• Collaboration: Work with silicon design, board design, fpga design, architecture and other software teams that are geographically distributed.
• Architecture: Contribute to the architecture and design of software, firmware, drivers, apps & tests.
• Upstreaming: Upstream linux kernel drivers to linux community project.
• Ownership: Plan & execute complex projects. Influence other teams to raise the bar. Mentor junior engineers to be successful.
• Customer obsession: Work with internal & external customers and customer support teams for resolving critical customer escalations in timely fashion.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Expertise in C programming language. 4+ years of hands-on C programming in previous jobs.
• Hands-on experience working with various types of hardware/boards – ARM System on Chips (SOC), Embedded systems, System-on-Modules (SOM), x86 CPU + PCI-E card endpoint.
• Hands-on experience with linux kernel-space, user-space & firmware development.
• Previous experience with writing software for asymmetric compute processors and inter-processor communication will be strongly preferred.
• Previous experience with Xilinx SoC (ZynqMP, Versal) and Vivado design tools will be strongly preferred.
• Some experience with python preferred.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in related discipline preferred