Software performance & Benchmark Analysis

AMD; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,900,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD Bangalore is seeking a Client Performance Analysis Engineer to join the Client Performance Team. You will help analyze performance, build tools for simulation and modeling of client workloads for AMD desktops and notebooks, and collaborate with architects across sites to drive next-gen client performance features.

Ideal candidates have strong knowledge of computer architecture, OS concepts, and dynamic binary translation tools, with solid C/C++ programming and data analysis skills.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of computer architecture and OS concepts.
• Excellent programming skills in C/C++.
• Experience with dynamic binary translation tools is a plus.
• Familiarity with x86 ISA and assembly is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools for tracing and analyzing dynamic program behavior.
• Advance client workload performance modeling and simulations.
• Collaborate with architecture teams to drive next-gen client performance features.
• Establish best practices in program tracing and analysis across AMD and partners.
• Characterize and resolve architectural performance issues in client workloads.

Skills

Computer architecture

Operating systems

C/C++

x86 assembly

Mathematical modeling

Python

Education

B.Tech / M.Tech in Computer Science / Engineering

PhD (optional)

Tools

DynamoRIO

QEMU

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.

Client Performance Analysis Engineer

THE ROLE:

The successful candidate will join AMD's Client Performance Team in Bangalore, India. The team’s mandate is to analyze performance and drive next generation CPU hardware and software optimizations on key applications for AMD’s notebook and gaming processors. The team is looking for an outstanding candidate to help build tools for enabling simulation and modeling of client workloads for AMD desktops and notebooks.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for leading edge SoC architecture, design and verification. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and enjoys collaborating with architects & engineers located in different sites and time-zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take new challenges. broad interests in Computer Systems performance, with strong expertise in Computer Architecture, keen attention to detail, excellent collaboration, and communication skills (written and spoken), ability to work independently and come up with creative solutions to challenging engineering problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop tools for tracing and analyzing dynamic program behavior.
• Innovate to meet requirements of unique challenges in capturing thread and process behavior as well as OS impact in client workloads
• Help establish best practices in program tracing and analysis across AMD and AMD’s customers and partners.
• Work with processor architecture modeling teams to drive next generation client performance features
• Client workload performance characterization, tracing and simulations and multi multi-discipline interactions to identify, resolve and document architectural performance issues

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Good understanding of computer architecture and operating systems concepts (e.g., cache, TLB, paging, interrupt handling, etc).
• Knowledge of dynamic binary translation techniques (e.g., DynamoRIO, QEMU TCG etc.,) would be a plus.
• Excellent programming skills (C/C++).
• Familiarity with the x86 ISA and assembly programming would be a plus.
• Adept at mathematical and statistical modeling and data analysis (Excel or Python).

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• B. Tech/ M Tech with 4+ year of relevant experience, or PhD, in Computer Science/Engineering with 2+ years.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.