Lead Systems Design Engineer - Data Center GPU

AMD; Markham; On-site; CAD 142,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a dynamic Lead / Principal Systems Design Engineer to join its team. This role is pivotal in driving the validation of SOC technologies, focusing on data interconnects and improving automation processes. You will collaborate with various teams to ensure the highest quality of product delivery while fostering a culture of continuous innovation and career development. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact in the semiconductor industry, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Owning and executing end-to-end validation plans for datacenter projects.
• Developing procedures for validation and debug of SOC programs.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-solving Skills

Communication Skills

Collaboration Skills

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Python

C/C++

Perl

Ruby

Linux

Job description

This range is provided by AMD. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$142,960.00/yr - $214,440.00/yr

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 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 plan for datacenter projects for Internal IPs.
• Develop 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 make sure 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 collaborative approach with multiple teams.
• Develop 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 details.
• 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 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.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Industries: Semiconductor Manufacturing