System Power Delivery Architect

Socket.dev; Markham; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a System Power Delivery Architect to drive board-level power delivery solutions for Client and Graphics products. You will be the primary technical contact for system-level power delivery and will define requirements for validation platforms, reference designs, and AMD-made products.

You will collaborate with SoC and power management teams to optimize the overall solution, work with third-party vendors, and shape long-term strategy and roadmaps for power delivery across platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience architecting power delivery solutions for platforms.
• Knowledge of x86 PC platform architectures.
• Familiar with power interfaces and power management standards.
• Experience with battery charging management and mixed silicon/system board designs.

Responsibilities

• Primary technical contact for system/platform level power delivery solutions.
• Define power delivery requirements for validation platforms and reference designs.
• Iterate long-term technical strategy and roadmap for client/graphics power delivery.
• Collaborate with SoC power architects to optimize system-level power delivery.

Skills

Power delivery architecture

System-level design

SoC collaboration

Vendor engagement

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

Simplis

Cadence

Sigrity PowerDC

PowerSI

Job description

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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:

We are looking for a System Power Delivery Architect to drive the board level power delivery solutions for AMD's Client and Graphics products. 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 PERSON:

Someone who can see the “big picture” and how everything fits together. Someone who works well with people from a wide variety of functional areas within AMD and externally with customers/partners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Primary technical contact point for system/platform level power delivery solutions
• Responsible for defining the power delivery requirements for internal validation platforms, customer reference designs and “Made By AMD” products
• Comprehends VR efficiency, cost, board area requirements, and solution availability in power delivery architecture requirements
• Defines and iterates long-term technical strategy and roadmap for AMD’s client and graphics power delivery solutions
• Defines and documents platform power infrastructure requirements for AMD’s Client and Graphics SoCs
• Works with SoC power architects and power management architects to ensure that the overall power delivery solution for a platform is optimized at the system level
• Works with 3rd party voltage regulator and power delivery vendors to understand the technical capabilities of their product offerings and to influence their future products to align with AMD requirements

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Prior, recent years of PC, mobile, and/or tablet experience

Must have experience architecting power delivery solutions for platforms

• Knowledgeable in the architecture of x86 based PC platforms
• Familiar with the industry standards specifications related to power interfaces and power manageability
• Familiar with battery charging and management
• Requires a mixture of Silicon and System Board Experience
• Simulation/CAD tools similar to Simplis, Cadence, Sigrity PowerDC, Power SI

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering

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