Senior Board Debug Engineer: Datacenter GPU Platforms

AMD; Markham; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

AMD is seeking a Senior Board Hardware Debug Engineer in Markham, Ontario, to join the Datacenter & AI Board Validation team. You will own complex board-level debug, drive hardware validation from prototype bring-up through production, and analyze system-level design for next-generation GPU solutions.

You will lead multi-team validation, develop test plans, and collaborate across silicon, firmware, BIOS, and manufacturing to ensure performance and reliability in demanding data center

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Strong background in system-level hardware validation (bring-up, qualification, reliability, and margin verification).
• Hands-on debugging methodologies: fault isolation, boundary scan, probing, rework, A/B comparison.

Responsibilities

• Lead board- and system-level DEBUG of Datacenter GPU platforms (bring-up, stability, performance, interoperability).
• Develop and execute functional test plans for new boards and system configurations.
• Perform and guide Board Signal Integrity validation: eye diagrams, jitter analysis, margins, channel characterization.
• Lead technical validation efforts across teams, driving validation priorities and test coverage for critical features.
• Champion root-cause analysis and cross-functional debug across silicon design, firmware, BIOS, board design, and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with hardware design, layout, SI/PI, firmware, BIOS, and system engineering teams to resolve issues.
• Provide design-for-test and design-for-debug feedback for future board and system designs.
• Document debug findings, create reproducible test cases, and drive corrective actions into design and process.
• Support factory, customer, and field escalations requiring deep hardware debug expertise.

Skills

Hands-on

Debug and testing

PCB signal integrity

Problem solving

Creative and resourceful

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

VNAs/TDRs

BERTs

Protocol analyzers

Job description

AMD is seeking a Senior Board Hardware Debug Engineer in Markham, Ontario, to join the Datacenter & AI Board Validation team. You will own complex board-level debug, drive hardware validation from prototype bring-up through production, and analyze system-level design for next-generation GPU solutions.

You will lead multi-team validation, develop test plans, and collaborate across silicon, firmware, BIOS, and manufacturing to ensure performance and reliability in demanding data center