AI Cluster Program Lead: GPU & Rack Validation

Advanced Micro Devices; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AMD Benefits

Job summary

AMD in Austin, TX seeks a hands-on Technical Program Manager to lead AI cluster engineering programs, focusing on GPU platforms, rack bring-up, and validation for hyperscale deployments. You will drive end-to-end delivery from server integration through scale testing, root-cause analysis, and system debug closure, coordinating hardware, firmware, networking, and software teams.

You will collaborate with lab operations, automation, and performance teams to ensure readiness, manage risks, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex hardware or AI infrastructure programs with ownership across bring-up, validation, and deployment phases.
• Strong technical understanding of GPU-based AI systems, rack architectures, and datacenter infrastructure.
• Proven ability to manage ambiguity, drive debug execution, and lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Define, plan, and drive program plans for AI infrastructure systems validation and readiness, including server integration, rack bring-up, and cluster-scale deployment readiness.
• Create and maintain core PM artifacts: schedules, dependency maps, resource forecasts, risk/issue logs, and program dashboards/status reports.
• Identify and drive mitigation plans for issues/risks, including cross-team escalations and corrective actions across multiple engineering areas.
• Drive regular execution reviews with engineering teams and provide concise, data-driven updates to senior leadership.
• Own program execution for GPU-based AI platforms, spanning system bring-up, qualification, scale readiness, and deployment validation across server, rack, and cluster levels.

Skills

Program management

GPU platforms

System bring-up

Root-cause analysis

Executive reporting

Cross-functional leadership

Jira & Confluence

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/EE/Systems

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Excel/PowerPoint

Job description

AMD in Austin, TX seeks a hands-on Technical Program Manager to lead AI cluster engineering programs, focusing on GPU platforms, rack bring-up, and validation for hyperscale deployments. You will drive end-to-end delivery from server integration through scale testing, root-cause analysis, and system debug closure, coordinating hardware, firmware, networking, and software teams.

You will collaborate with lab operations, automation, and performance teams to ensure readiness, manage risks, and