Product Development Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Penang; On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a System Debug Engineer to join their Datacenter GPU System Design and Enablement team. The role involves debugging complex systems, collaborating with customers, and providing technical guidance. Ideal candidates will possess strong engineering backgrounds and communication skills, contributing to innovative solutions in the data center space.

Qualifications

• Experience in debugging Server/DCGPU systems.
• Strong knowledge of X86 architectures and performance tuning.
• Excellent communication skills for customer support.

Responsibilities

• Debugging platform-level issues in Data Center GPU systems.
• Providing root cause analysis for internal and customer design teams.
• Developing debug tools for customer support.

Skills

Debugging Server/DCGPU systems

Knowledge of standard debuggers

Understanding of HBM, DDR, PCIe

High-speed digital design

BIOS, OS, and driver interactions

Root cause analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Computer Science

Tools

JTAG debuggers

Logic analyzers

PCIe bus analyzers

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.

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THE ROLE:

AMD is looking for a highly talented engineer to join our Datacenter GPU System Design and Enablement team as an overall expert in Data Center GPU system debug. System Debug Engineer will work closely with our customers who are developing AMD Instinct AI based systems. This engineer will work with validation and our customers during critical issue escalations and help get issues resolved in time to meet product development or sustaining milestones.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Include experience in debugging Server/DCGPU systems with an emphasis on platform-level debugging.
• Knowledge and use of standard debuggers, programmers, and emulators.
• A thorough understanding of Datacenter industry standard buses, such as HBM, DDR, PCIe, and other high-speed IO protocols is required, in addition to detailed knowledge of high-speed digital design and signal integrity.
• Further requirements include a strong understanding of BIOS, OS, and driver interactions at the system level, as well as a proficient understanding of x86 CPU architecture and functionality.
• Providing root cause analysis and guidance to internal and customer design teams to help resolve issues.
• Independently support projects and effectively collaborate with internal and external teams to handle all issues.
• Develop Debug Tools for Customer Debug proliferation and at scale.
• A self-starter is required, capable of dealing with a high level of ambiguity.

PREFRRED EXPERIENCE:

• The ideal candidate has worked at a computer hardware company as a design or debug engineer.
• Worked on multiple projects from development, through bring-up and validation, and supported through the release to production.
• Strong knowledge of X86 architectures, PCIe, memory interface, and performance tuning is desired.
• Experience in the use of tools such as JTAG debuggers, logic analyzers, and PCIe bus analyzers.
• Excellent communication skills are required in the role of supporting customers.
• Ability to distill complex technical issues into clear, concise, and easily understandable statements for diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders and senior management.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Master’s in computer engineering or computer science or electrical engineering, or comparable disciplines.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

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