AI/HPC Cluster Design Engineer

AMD; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking an experienced AI Systems Engineer to design scalable AI/HPC clusters that meet customer and design compliance requirements. You will review and select compute, storage, networking, and power delivery components to optimize performance and reliability across global deployments.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will deliver cutting-edge infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing workloads, while applying strong rack and cluster design knowledge and expertise

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• Experience in HPC, AI infrastructure, or data center systems engineering preferred.
• Strong understanding of rack and cluster design.

Responsibilities

• System Architecture & Design: Design scalable AI/HPC clusters including compute, storage, and networking.
• System Architecture & Design: Evaluate and select CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, interconnects, and memory configurations for optimal cluster performance.
• Network: Design network topologies to maximize overall cluster performance.
• Network: Understand the network performance needs of different workloads.
• Network: Understand advantages and performance trade-offs of network topologies for AI/HPC clusters.
• Storage: Design and optimize storage solutions to maximize AI/HPC cluster performance.
• Storage: Understand advantages and trade-offs of cluster storage solutions (e.g., Lustre, Ceph).
• Collaboration: Work across multiple organizations with SMEs to deliver scalable compute infrastructure.
• Collaboration: Experience in HPC, AI systems/clusters, or data center engineering.
• Collaboration: Strong understanding of rack and cluster design.
• Collaboration: Knowledge of GPU/CPU architectures, PCIe, UALink, InfiniBand, and Ethernet networking.
• Collaboration: Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and workload characteristics.
• Collaboration: Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Skills

AI systems

HPC clusters

Compute architecture

Networking

Power delivery

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

Lustre

Ceph

PCIe

InfiniBand

Ethernet networking

Job description

Welcome to the role of an experienced AI Systems Engineer at AMD, focused on designing scalable AI/HPC clusters that meet customer and design compliance requirements.

THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced AI systems engineer to design scalable AI/HPC clusters with specific focus on compliance with customer and/or design requirements. This role involves reviewing 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 engineer with a strong background in HPC, AI systems, and cluster 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

System Architecture & Design

• Design scalable AI/HPC clusters including compute, storage, and networking
• Evaluate and select CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, interconnects, and memory configurations for optimal cluster performance.

Network

• 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

Storage

• 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.

Collaboration

• 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.
• Experience in HPC, AI systems/clusters, or data center engineering.
• Strong understanding of rack and cluster design
• 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 related field.

This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

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