Data Center Test Architect - Hybrid, Validation Leader

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AMD benefits

Job summary

AMD is seeking a driven hardware test engineer to ensure high-quality boards from design to launch. You will partner with design, manufacturing and quality teams to shape validation, influence robustness decisions, and streamline bringing complex hardware to market.

You will analyze test coverage, create documentation, and drive continuous improvement initiatives while collaborating with ODM/OEM vendors and data center customers globally.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and improve test coverage and troubleshoot complex board-level failures.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Perl) to automate test flows and enhance efficiency.
• Familiarity with IPC standards, PCB manufacturing practices, and failure-analysis techniques.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally in fast-paced engineering environments, driving quality and testability improvements.
• Solid grasp of low-level system architecture, digital circuit design, and high-speed bus protocols (PCIe, USB, NVMe).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hardware design teams to integrate DFT features early and ensure board-level testability.
• Analyze test coverage metrics, identify improvement areas, and implement strategies to increase coverage and reduce escapes.
• Partner with design and manufacturing to resolve testability issues.
• Create and maintain test documentation including test plans, procedures, and reports; present results and track key metrics (coverage, yield, failure rates).
• Stay current on test technologies, drive process improvements, and participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead new product introduction and associated processes for the successful launch of new hardware platforms into our data centers globally
• Lead architecture reviews with hardware engineering teams to analyze and develop diagnostic coverage plans for both hardware and software
• Lead hardware reviews and drive system design for serviceability requirements to ensure form, fit, and function for new hardware development in our existing data center environment/architecture
• Lead the development and execution of Data Center readiness tooling validation testing based on tooling development plans
• Collaborate with cross functional teams & development partners to deliver aligned new hardware platform roadmaps and gain agreement on implementation milestones
• Work with ODM/OEM vendors as needed to define the product specifications, development plans & test plans

Skills

DFT

Python

Perl

Test automation

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Test equipment

Job description

AMD is seeking a driven hardware test engineer to ensure high-quality boards from design to launch. You will partner with design, manufacturing and quality teams to shape validation, influence robustness decisions, and streamline bringing complex hardware to market.

You will analyze test coverage, create documentation, and drive continuous improvement initiatives while collaborating with ODM/OEM vendors and data center customers globally.