AI Cluster & Data Center Design Engr

AMD; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Job summary

AMD is seeking a highly skilled systems engineer to architect scalable AI/HPC clusters for global deployments. You will select compute, storage, networking, and power delivery to optimize performance and reliability, collaborating across teams to deliver cutting-edge infrastructure for AI workloads.

You are an experienced systems architect with HPC, AI infrastructure, cluster, and data center experience. You will lead power delivery design, cluster topology decisions, and storage integration to

Qualifications

• Experienced systems architect for HPC or AI infrastructure.
• Design experience for data center rack and power delivery.
• Ability to collaborate across hardware, software, network and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable AI/HPC clusters with focus on compute, storage, and networking.
• Evaluate CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, interconnects for performance.
• Create power delivery and redundancy schemes for high-density deployments.
• Define power budgets and fault tolerance mechanisms.
• Design network topologies to maximize cluster performance.
• Understand workload network performance needs and trade-offs.
• Plan storage solutions (Lustre, Ceph) for HPC/AI workloads.
• Coordinate across hardware, software, network, data center and operations teams.

Skills

HPC infrastructure

AI infrastructure

Cluster design

System architecture

Power delivery

Networking

Data center engineering

GPU/CPU architectures

Education

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

Tools

Lustre

Ceph

InfiniBand

PCIe

Ethernet

Job description

Overview

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. 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.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a highly skilled systems engineer to architect and design scalable AI/HPC clusters. This role involves evaluating and selecting compute, storage, networking, and power delivery components and solutions to optimize performance and reliability across global deployments. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver cutting‑edge infrastructure for AI and high‑performance computing workloads.

THE PERSON

An experienced systems architect with a strong background in HPC, AI infrastructure, cluster, and data center engineering. You bring deep technical knowledge of compute, power, and networking components, a strategic mindset for system‑level design, and the ability to collaborate across diverse technical domains. You thrive in fast‑paced environments and are passionate about building efficient, scalable, and reliable compute platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design scalable AI/HPC clusters including compute, storage, and networking with specific focus on power delivery.
• Evaluate and select CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, interconnects, and memory configurations for optimal cluster performance.
• Design leading‑edge power delivery solutions for high‑density AI/GPU deployments.
• Define power budgets, redundancy schemes, and fault tolerance mechanisms.
• Design network topologies to maximize overall cluster performance.
• Understand the network performance needs of different types of workloads.
• Understand advantages and performance trade‑offs of network topologies for AI/HPC clusters.
• Design and optimize storage solutions to maximize AI/HPC cluster performance.
• Understand advantages and performance trade‑offs of cluster storage solutions, e.g. Lustre, Ceph, etc.
• Work across multiple organizations with subject matter experts from hardware, software, network, data center, and operations teams to deliver scalable, efficient, and reliable compute infrastructure.
• Have experience in HPC, AI infrastructure, or data center systems engineering.
• Strong understanding of rack and data center power delivery.
• Knowledge of GPU/CPU architectures, PCIe, UALink, InfiniBand, and Ethernet networking.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and workload characteristics.
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in HPC, AI infrastructure, or data center systems engineering.
• Experience designing power delivery solutions for racks and data centers.
• Contributions to open‑source HPC or AI infrastructure projects.

Academic Credentials

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

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