Lead Systems Design Engineer - Data Center GPU

Advanced Micro Devices; Markham; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a dynamic Lead/Principal Systems Design Engineer to join their team. This role involves driving the validation of SOC technologies and ensuring the highest quality standards in product delivery. You will engage in end-to-end validation processes, develop automation strategies, and collaborate with various teams to enhance performance. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge technologies in the data center and artificial intelligence sectors. If you are passionate about innovation and eager to make an impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience with MMU, Caches, and Coherency is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of system architecture and validation strategy.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end validation plans for datacenter projects.
• Develop automation code and improve validation processes.
• Collaborate with multiple teams for effective testing.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Communication Skills

Collaboration Skills

Self-Starter

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Python

C/C++

Perl

Ruby

Linux

Job description

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.

THE ROLE:

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Lead / Principal Systems Design Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s product, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market. The Systems Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development. This role focuses on the SOC IPs involved in AMD Infinity Fabric interconnect architecture (IOMMU, ATS Caches, PCIE interfaces).

THE PERSON:

As a SOC Validation Engineer, you will work on all aspects of SOC validation from pre-silicon planning and emulation to post-silicon Power-on, validation, and debug. The focus will be on at-scale validation of SOC level data interconnect technologies targeting concepts such as caching, coherency, and resource arbitration, just to name a few.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Owning and executing end-to-end validation plans for datacenter projects for Internal IPs.
• Developing procedures for validation and debug.
• Debugging issues found during the process, bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs.
• Working with multiple teams and tracking test execution to ensure all features are validated and optimized on time.
• Driving innovation to improve validation automation, including automating test cases to run in at-scale automation environments.
• Leading a collaborative approach with multiple teams.
• Developing automation code in Python.
• Hands-on execution on datacenter platforms for test and debug.
• Technical reporting to communicate program status.
• Continuous improvements to time-to-market and time-to-quality.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience working with MMU, Caches, Coherency.
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to detail.
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion.
• Must have strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy.
• Strong Computer Architecture Fundamentals (Caches, FIFOs, FSM, RB, etc.).
• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python).
• Debug techniques and methodologies.
• Extensive Linux knowledge is an asset.
• Experience developing HPC/ML applications or HW exercisers is an asset.
• Experience in Datacenter Industry is a valuable asset.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering.

LOCATION:

Markham, ON

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.