Cores Verification Lead

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Canada; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD Ontario is seeking an experienced Build Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and improve scalable build systems for silicon and software projects. You will lead modernization efforts, work with RTL/Design and CAD teams, and mentor colleagues to raise the team’s capabilities.

The role emphasizes collaboration, architecture leadership, and driving automation across high-performance engineering environments while delivering reliable, scalable build platforms.

Qualifications

• Expertise in build systems and orchestration for large-scale software/silicon environments.
• Experience with distributed or hyperscale build infrastructure.
• Proven track record improving build performance and productivity at scale.
• Familiarity with compute farm scheduling (LSF or similar).
• Knowledge of build caching, artifact management, and reproducibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and optimization of scalable build infrastructure.
• Modernize build systems to support Zen8, Zen9, and future CPUs.
• Improve resource utilization and farm efficiency via caching and reuse.
• Architect hyperscale build solutions across silicon design environments.
• Provide technical leadership for transitions to next-gen build architectures.
• Collaborate with silicon design, CAD, infra, and software teams on long-term build strategies.
• Establish best practices and roadmaps for CI and large-scale workflows.

Skills

Build systems

Distributed build infra

CI/CD

Automation

Collaboration

Communication

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS or EE

Tools

LSF

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology 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 AMDis shapingthefuture.

Whetheryou’redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

You will maintain and improve existing functional verification methodology, improve existing infrastructure, and work on related projects and/or assignments as needed to meet team goals. Additionally, you will perform project definition, training and documentation. Finally, you will work with architects and TG/PG RTL/Designers and develop an effective working relationship with parties involved. If this sounds like you,

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate will have good communication skills and the ability to work with a team with varied strengths. 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:

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable build infrastructure to significantly reduce model build turnaround times and improve engineering productivity.
• Drive organization-wide build system modernization initiatives, enabling efficient support for Zen8, Zen9, and future CPU core development programs.
• Improve compute resource utilization and LSF farm efficiency through build caching, artifact reuse, and elimination of redundant build processes.
• Architect and implement hyperscale build solutions that enhance performance, reliability, and scalability across AMD's silicon design environments.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for the transition from legacy build systems to next-generation build architectures.
• Partner with silicon design, CAD, infrastructure, and software engineering teams to define and execute long-term build and automation strategies.
• Establish best practices, standards, and roadmaps for build infrastructure, continuous integration, and large-scale engineering workflows.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Deep expertise in build systems, build orchestration, and large-scale software or silicon development environments.
• Strong experience designing and operating distributed or hyperscale build infrastructure.
• Proven track record improving build performance, reducing turnaround time, and increasing engineering productivity at scale.
• Experience with compute farm scheduling technologies (e.g., LSF or similar workload management platforms).
• Strong understanding of build caching, artifact management, dependency optimization, and build reproducibility techniques.
• Experience supporting semiconductor design workflows, EDA environments, or chip development programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex infrastructure transformation initiatives across multiple engineering organizations.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across cross-functional teams.
• Experience driving automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure scalability in high-performance engineering environments.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS or MS with some industry experience desired (all degrees are related to CS or EE).

LOCATION:

Ontario

This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship

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