Systems Design Engineer Compute Graphics Business Unit

Advanced Micro Devices; Markham; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in Markham is seeking a passionate engineer to join their Compute-Graphics Performance and Power Engineering Team. This role involves optimization of performance and power for GPUs, requiring a strong background in electronics and programming. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, and have skills in power management and laboratory work. Join us to impact cutting-edge technology and enhance user experiences worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Electronics/Computer Engineering or Computer Science with emphasis on computer architecture.
• Extensive laboratory experience is needed.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute optimization test plans for various scenarios.
• Analyze performance and power management interactions.
• Support prototypes for feature improvements.
• Debug system-level issues in test environments.

Skills

Understanding of power/thermal management

Computer organization/architecture

Digital electronics

Analytical/problem solving skills

Interpersonal and communication skills

Programming: C or C++

Scripting language (Python, Perl, etc.)

Data analysis tools

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electronics/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Data analysis tools (PowerBi, Excel, etc.)

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.

Together, we advance your career.

THE ROLE

The AMD CG (Compute-Graphics) Performance and Power Engineering Team carries the duty of ensuring AMD APU & GPU products deliver performance leadership and superior power efficiency. We work along and with various individuals within and outside of the team that allows us to engage in all sorts of work that impacts current and future products. This role offers the opportunity to show your passion towards CPU, APU, and GPU technology to provide users with the best experience possible. The team is passionate about power and performance with primary responsibilities in post-silicon bring-up, feature and workload optimization and characterization, debug and product optimization. Successful candidate will assume responsibility for post-silicon activities related to power and performance characterization and optimization of AMD discrete GPU products and integrated NPU products.

THE PERSON

We are seeking an engineer for development of post-silicon activities related to performance and perf/watt optimization of AMD CG products. We are looking for a passionate candidate to join our highly-visible team to deliver the highest performing and most power efficient products to millions of users worldwide.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing and executing performance, power and perf/watt characterization and optimization test plans for different usage scenarios (3D, compute, multimedia, Static Screen, AI, etc.)
• Analyzing interactions between various performance and power management features and optimize their configurations for power and performance
• Developing post-Si power models for key usage scenarios
• Support prototyping experiments for improving current and implementing new features that impact performance and power
• Debugging and troubleshooting system-level issues that may occur in test environments and platforms
• Proactively driving continuous improvement for post-silicon power and performance activities
• Participating in the product definition process

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Understanding of power/thermal management and Performance
• Good understanding of computer organization/architecture
• Deep understanding of digital electronics
• Extensive laboratory experience, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills and pronounced attention to detail
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in programming: C or C++, and a scripting language (for example: Python, Perl, PHP, or shells)
• Experience with data analysis tools, database, machine learning is a plus (e.g. PowerBi, Excel, Matplotlib, Plotly, Tableau, R Programming, MySQL, Azure, Snowflake, PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.)
• Understanding of leading-edge artificial intelligence workloads an asset

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Electronics/Computer Engineering or Computer Science with emphasis on computer architecture and workload analysis

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