Senior Hardware Diagnostics & Failure Analysis Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD Singapore is seeking a highly skilled hardware diagnostics engineer to perform fault isolation and failure analysis on PCIe-based platforms, including accelerators, FPGA boards, and DPUs.

You will lead end-to-end RMA investigations, replicate customer environments, and collaborate with design, firmware, validation, silicon, and manufacturing teams to drive root-cause resolution and robust diagnostic workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related discipline.
• Experience with PCIe Gen4/5/6 architecture and high-speed interconnects.
• Hands-on debugging PCIe-based hardware platforms, including power delivery, clocking, SERDES, PHYs.
• Proficient in Linux environments (Ubuntu/CentOS/RHEL) and diagnostic utilities.
• Experience with Bash and/or Python scripting for automation.
• Ability to perform end-to-end RMA investigations and root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostics, electrical fault isolation, and failure analysis across PCIe accelerator cards, FPGA-based boards, DPUs, SmartNICs, and server platforms.
• Lead customer return (RMA) investigations end-to-end, from initial screening to corrective action recommendations.
• Replicate customer hardware, software, and application environments to reproduce failures and validate fixes.
• Analyze and debug interactions between hardware, firmware, drivers, OS, and platform infrastructure to identify failure mechanisms.
• Collaborate with design, firmware, validation, silicon, manufacturing, quality, and field support teams to resolve complex issues.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance diagnostic workflows, test methodologies, automation tools, and debug scripts.
• Publish 8D reports and share knowledge across global engineering teams.

Skills

Board-level fault isolation

PCIe hardware debugging

Linux system administration

Bash and Python scripting

SerDes validation

Lab instrumentation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related discipline

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Protocol analyzers

Curve tracers

SMUs

Soldering rework equipment

Job description

AMD Singapore is seeking a highly skilled hardware diagnostics engineer to perform fault isolation and failure analysis on PCIe-based platforms, including accelerators, FPGA boards, and DPUs.

You will lead end-to-end RMA investigations, replicate customer environments, and collaborate with design, firmware, validation, silicon, and manufacturing teams to drive root-cause resolution and robust diagnostic workflows.