HPC and AI (PhD) - Engineer

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

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) seeks a HPC & AI Engineer (PhD) via the Software Systems Design Engineering team to lead optimization of HPC/AI workloads on AMD EPYC processors. The role is based in Austin or Santa Clara with collaboration across product, marketing, and silicon teams to boost performance in production environments.

The ideal candidate has deep x86 knowledge, hands-on code optimization and profiling experience, and familiarity with AI tools.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in x86 architecture.
• Experience optimizing HPC/AI software.
• Experience profiling with tools like uProf and VTune.
• Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude and Curser.

Responsibilities

• Lead enablement and optimization of HPC and AI solutions on AMD EPYC processors.
• Collaborate with product, marketing, and silicon development teams to shape performance strategies and customer deployments.
• Drive end-customer application optimization and production-level cluster performance.

Skills

x86 architecture

Code optimization

System profiling (uProf, VTune)

AI tools (Claude, Curser)

HPC code bases (CPU/GPU)

Education

MS/PhD in Computer Science

Job description

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HPC & AI Engineer (PhD)

SOFTWARE SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEER

The Role

AMD’s server software and solutions engineering team is seeking a senior engineer to lead the enablement and optimization of HPC and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions on AMD EPYC processors. This role requires deep expertise in x86 architecture and hands on experience with HPC applications, AI frameworks, and models and their deployment at production level clusters. You will collaborate with product, marketing, and silicon development teams to shape strategies for performance optimization, competitive analysis, and end-customer application optimization. This position is based in Santa Clara or Austin.

The Person

A highly motivated and passionate professional with deep technical expertise and a proven track record, eager to work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate is a strong team player and thrives in collaboration and innovation, playing a crucial role in optimizing and showcasing the full capabilities of AMD products through advanced software and solutions, while actively influencing the next generation of product development.

Preferred Experience

• Comprehensive understanding of x86 computing architecture
• Proven expertise in software-level code optimization and tuning.
• Strong familiarity with system level profiling (uProf/Vtune/etc) and interpretation of perf metrics.
• Well versed with the current and emerging AI tools such as claude, curser.
• Contribution to big HPC code bases in CPU/GPU is a plus.

Academic Credentials

MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related equivalent

Location

Austin, TX

Santa Clara, CA

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.