Lead SoC Validation Architect

Advanced Micro Devices; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

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Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in Austin, TX is seeking a Lead SoC Validation Architect to join the Systems Design Engineering team. You will drive validation strategies, develop tools and scripts, and lead cross-functional collaboration to ensure new SOC features meet quality targets.

You will mentor teams, optimize validation workflows, and push for scalable automation from concept to production, impacting next‑generation processors and AI hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering.
• Strong validation, debugging, and software-driven engineering experience.
• Ability to influence technical direction across multidisciplinary teams.
• Hands-on validation experience and scalable automation/debug strategies.
• Must be self-starter and able to drive tasks to completion.

Responsibilities

• Drive validation improvements across AMD’s SOC programs, including tool and script development.
• Debug issues found during bring-up, validation, and production.
• Coordinate across multiple teams to ensure features are validated and optimized on time.
• Collaborate with supporting technical teams and engage in software/hardware modeling frameworks.
• Lead a collaborative approach across teams.

Skills

C/C++

Perl

Ruby

Python

Debugging techniques

Lab equipment

Board debugging

System architecture

Analytical thinking

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Protocol analyzers

Logic analyzers

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.

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

THE ROLE:

We are seeking an innovative and highly motivated Lead SoC Validation Architect to join our growing Systems Design Engineering team. In this highly visible role, you will help drive the quality, reliability, and performance of AMD's next-generation products by advancing validation methodologies, debug capabilities, and automation solutions across the silicon lifecycle.

As a technical leader, you will partner with cross-functional engineering teams to resolve complex system-level challenges, improve validation efficiency, and accelerate product readiness. Our team fosters technical innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning while enabling engineers to make a significant impact on industry-leading technologies.

THE PERSON:

You are a systems-minded engineer with deep expertise in validation, debug, and software-driven engineering solutions. You thrive in complex technical environments, enjoy solving challenging platform issues, and have a proven ability to influence technical direction across multidisciplinary teams.

Success in this role requires strong analytical skills, hands-on validation experience, and the ability to drive scalable automation and debug strategies from concept through production.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Driving technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives
• Debugging issues found during the process, bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs
• Working with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time
• Working closely with supporting technical teams
• Engaging in other software/hardware modeling frameworks

• Leading collaborative approach with multiple teams

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python).
• Debug techniques and methodologies

• Extensive experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Extensive experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization
• Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering

LOCATION:

Austin, TX

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.