AI/HPC Data Center Rack Design Engr

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

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

AMD in Austin, TX is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer to design data center rack layouts for AI/HPC clusters. You will evaluate compute, storage, networking, power delivery and cooling to optimize performance and reliability across global deployments.

You will translate high-level requirements into detailed rack designs, collaborate with hardware, software, network and operations teams, and help implement scalable, efficient compute infrastructure for demanding workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Eng
• Experience in HPC or data center systems engineering
• Experience with liquid cooling or advanced thermal management
• Experience with rack-level power distribution

Responsibilities

• Rack & Cluster Design: design scalable AI/HPC rack layouts including compute, storage, networking, power delivery and cooling
• Translate high level requirements and architecture input into detailed rack designs
• Design leading-edge thermal and power delivery for high-density deployments
• Network design: intra-rack and rack-to-rack connections to maximize performance and translate requirements
• Power: design rack-level data center power delivery infrastructure and define budgets and redundancy
• Storage: translate storage requirements into rack-level designs and optimize storage solutions
• Collaboration: work across hardware, software, network, data center, and operations teams to deliver scalable infrastructure

Skills

HPC systems engineering

AI infrastructure

Data center design

Rack & data center power

Liquid cooling

Networking design

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Lustre

Ceph

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we're looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don't shy away from humanity's challenges but are determined to help solve them.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a highly skilled systems engineer to design data center rack layouts for AI/HPC clusters. This role involves evaluating and selecting rack-level compute, storage, networking, power delivery, and cooling 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 infrastructure, and data center engineering. You bring deep technical knowledge of data center rack layout, compute 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

• Rack & Cluster Design
• Design scalable AI/HPC data center rack layouts including compute, storage, networking, power delivery and cooling
• Translate high level requirements and architecture input into detailed rack designs
• Design leading-edge thermal and power delivery for high-density deployments
• Network
  • Design intra-rack and rack-to-rack network connections to maximize overall cluster performance
  • Translate network architecture requirements and input into rack-level designs
  • Understand the network performance needs of different types of workloads
  • Understand advantages and performance trade-offs of network topologies for AI/HPC clusters
• Power
  • Design rack-level and data center power delivery infrastructure
  • Define power budgets, redundancy schemes, and fault tolerance mechanisms
  • Understand differences in power delivery and regulatory requirements in global locations, e.g. U.S., EMEA, Asia and other countries
• Storage
  • Translate storage architecture requirements and input into rack-level designs
  • 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.

Preferred Experience

• Extensive experience in HPC, AI infrastructure, or data center systems engineering
• Experience with liquid cooling or advanced thermal management
• Experience with rack level power distribution
• Contributions to open-source HPC or AI infrastructure projects

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Eng

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AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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