Senior Software Automation Engineer

AMD; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a Software Engineer to join the automation infrastructure team. You will design, build, and maintain the framework, execution engine, CI pipelines, scheduling, and reporting that run large-scale tests across Linux and Windows.

This role focuses on infrastructure, not hardware design or test writing, and supports AMD’s server, data center, client, and embedded markets. You will work with engineers across sites/time zones, ensuring reliability, tooling quality, and efficient

Qualifications

• Solid software engineering experience building automation, tooling, or infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the automation platform for large-scale test execution across Linux and Windows.
• Develop and maintain a scalable execution engine for efficient resource usage.
• Manage databases to track assets, releases, and results.
• Integrate hardware emulation platforms as execution targets in the automation flow.
• Improve validation automation infrastructure and ecosystem.
• Coordinate with tools teams to align CI/regression methodologies.
• Collaborate with Architects and Verification teams to ensure high-quality releases.

Skills

Python

Shell scripting

Linux

Windows

CI systems

Job schedulers

QEMU virtualization

Databases

Git

Build systems

DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

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 AMD is shaping the future.

Whether you’re redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

AMD is looking for a talented and motivated Software Engineer to join our automation infrastructure team. This is a pure software / infrastructure role: you will design, build, and maintain the automation platform that runs large-scale test execution across Linux and Windows environments and hardware emulation platforms. The tests themselves – validation, design, and other workloads – are owned by their respective teams; your focus is the framework, execution engine, CI pipelines, scheduling, and reporting that reliably run those tests at scale and surface results. You will not be doing hardware design or writing the tests; instead you will build the robust, scalable systems that the validation, design, and tools teams depend on every day to qualify next-generation products across AMD’s server, data center, client, and embedded markets. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys building infrastructure, improving developer productivity, and operating systems at scale.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for building robust, scalable software systems and a genuine interest in developer productivity and infrastructure at scale. You think like a systems engineer, taking pride in the reliability and turnaround time of the platforms you build. You are a team player with excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with engineers across different sites and timezones. You have strong analytical and debugging skills, are pragmatic about tradeoffs, and are always ready to learn new tools and take on new problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, build, and maintain continuous integration and regression environments that run large-scale test suites – owned by validation, design, and other teams – across Linux and Windows platforms.


• Design and maintain a scalable execution engine to efficiently utilize machine and storage resources.


• Design and maintain databases to manage assets, releases, and results.


• Integrate and support hardware emulation platforms as an execution target within the automation flow.


• Improve our validation automation eco-system and infrastructure.


• Influence and align other tools teams to converge on common CI / regression methodologies.


• Collaborate with other tools teams, Architects, and the Design & Verification team to ensure quality releases and clear presentation of complex results.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Solid software engineering experience building automation, tooling, or infrastructure, with strong proficiency in Python and shell scripting.


• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining software across both Linux and Windows environments.


• Experience designing or operating regression / CI systems (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent) and job schedulers such as LSF or Slurm.


• Experience designing databases and services to manage large volumes of assets, releases, and results, and building reporting / dashboards over them.


• Experience with QEMU or similar software emulation/virtualization platforms for running and scaling test workloads


• Comfort operating compute and storage resources at scale, optimizing throughput, reliability, and turnaround time.


• Working knowledge of version control (Git), build systems, and general DevOps / release-engineering practices.


• Familiarity with running workloads on hardware emulation platforms (e.g., Synopsys ZeBu, Cadence Palladium, or Siemens Veloce) as an execution target is a plus.


• Strong problem-solving and debug skills, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a distributed, global team.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic / Electrical Engineering, or a related field

JOB LOCATION(S):

• Cambridge (UK) or Poland

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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.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.