Principal System Debug Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

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Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) in Bengaluru, India seeks a Principal System Debug Engineer to lead severe validation efforts for next-generation server CPUs and Instinct products.

The role focuses on scalable, automated debugging solutions, cross-team coordination, and strategic mentorship for engineers in a high-visibility environment. The candidate will guide validation, root-cause analysis, and resolution across OS/driver, FW, silicon, and platform areas, while influencing long-range

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
• 17+ years of experience in the field

Responsibilities

• Learn new features and project health indicators
• Collaborate across groups/time-zones to resolve complex issues
• Develop and drive strategies to resolve issues on time with quality
• Manage customer and executive communications including program status, risks and opportunities
• Publish debug program indicators to identify roadblocks and drive changes
• Drive technical innovation in tool development, AI and cross-functional initiatives
• Work with System Validation & Engineering teams and other stakeholders to propose solutions

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Electrical Engineering or CS

Job description

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Principal System Debug Engineer

THE ROLE:

We are seeking an engineer to join our team that will thrive in a fast-paced work environment, using effective communication, problem-solving and prioritization skills. Individuals that are well organized, show great attention to detail, and employ critical thinking are well-suited for our team.

THE PERSON:

We are looking for a disciplined and dynamic, senior level system debugger for Sever Validation to join our growing post-Si debug team supporting the next generation of AMD's flagship server CPU & Instinct products. As a diligent leader in Systems Design Engineering, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions to avail optimal debug throughput. In this high visibility position, you will be part of a leading team to innovate and improve AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry leading technologies to market. Your technical leadership skills, validation and debug expertise will be necessary towards product development, definition, root cause and resolution.Your agility and collaborative approach will be essential to work with System Validation & Engineering teams and other stakeholders (System Architects, IP design, SoC, FW, SW, manufacturing). This AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) team will look at this person to guide the team, mentor upcoming engineers, provide long range strategy. The person should be willing to jump in to help resolve issues quickly. You will be involved in all aspects of validation & areas that impact the team including performance, automation, and development. The right candidate will be informed on the latest trends and become prepared to give consultative direction to senior management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• A powerful desire to learn new skills and understand new features as they are added to project health of program.
• Proven record of accomplishment of working within and across groups / time-zones to resolve complex issues found during Silicon bring-up, post-Silicon validation and production phases of SoC programs.
• Develop and drive strategies to resolve issues on time with quality.
• Manage customer and executive communications including program status, risks and opportunities.
• Publish debug program indicators to identify major roadblocks and drive changes to overcome the same.
• Responsible for exploring opportunities to improve AMD capabilities & product quality by driving technical innovation in realm of tool development, AI and related cross functional initiatives.
• Work closely with other team members to understand design architecture and to propose solutions to resolve issues and improve debug-abilty.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details
• A thorough understanding of datacenter industry technologies and their software stack.
• Extensiveexperience in validation roles involving debugging OS/ Driver, FW, Silicon, Platform and other HW issues.
• Understanding of PC industry standard busses and their software stack, such asPCIe, CXL.
• Strong knowledge of System architecture, X86 architecture, SoC design, memory, RAS, Power management, or Reset
• Effective communication and coordination skills.
• Experience in technical program management.
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field with minimum 17+ years of experience

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