Systems Design Engineer

AMD; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD in Vancouver seeks a Systems Design Engineer to own system validation from silicon to systems, supporting DCGPU solutions for AI and HPC. You will drive stress tests and handle complex issue investigations across hardware, firmware, and software stacks.

The role requires strong programming/scripting skills (C/C++, Python), a solid foundation in system architecture, and excellent communication. You will work with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality validation and enable aggressive

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering is required.
• Strong programming/scripting skills in C/C++, Python, and at least one additional language.
• Experience with AI tools and models is preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of silicon SoCs, board and system designs to drive stress tests and complex issue investigations.
• Participate in debugging and triage during system validation and production phases of AI/HPC systems.
• Extend test coverage and strategies to accelerate issue debugging and root cause analysis.
• Contribute to technical innovation, tooling, scripts, and methodological enhancements.
• Engage with customers and partners on co-validation plans and critical debugs.

Skills

C/C++

Perl

Ruby

Python

AI tools

System architecture

Analytical

Communication

Education

Bachelor or Masters Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Job description

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Systems Design Engineer – Systems Validation Architecture

THE ROLE:

In the rapidly expanding world of AI and HPC, solid system level integration and validation becomes paramount. Our DCGPU solutions, including APUs and GPUs, demand rigorous testing for optimum performance and reliability.

We are seeking a Systems Design Engineer to join our system engineering team owning silicon to systems understanding and complex system level debugs to resolution. The Systems Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate will possess a strong academic background and desire to learn in the areas of systems design and validation engineering that will be leveraged towards product development, validation, and root cause resolution. You will work alongside expert system level engineers with understanding of hardware/firmware interaction, system level test scenarios and complex system level issue debug and methodologies. You will be part of a team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop a deep understanding of our silicon SoCs, board level designs, system and rack level designs and firmware/software/management stacks to drive the development of system stress tests and complex issue investigations
• Participate in the debug and triage of issues found during the system validation and production phases of our AI and HPC systems
• Apply learnings from system debugs toward developing stronger test coverage and enable strategies to accelerate issue debug and root cause
• Contribute to technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Engage with our customers and partners on co-validation plans and priorities as well as critical issue debugs.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python)
• Background in AI tools, optimization and models
• Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details
• Desire to learn system level integration and debug of SoC system level test scenarios including resets, RAS, system management, networking, workloads or performance
• Must be a strong communicator and collaborator

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor or Masters Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

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