PMTS Software Development Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Bellevue, Northern (WA, KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is seeking a PMTS Software Development Engineer to develop and optimize low-level GPU kernels for accelerating ML inference and training. You will maximize efficiency, reduce execution time, and ensure accuracy while enabling distributed model training across multiple GPUs and nodes.

The role involves profiling, parallel computing techniques, multi-threading, and synchronization to enhance scalability.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Alternate: Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of progressive experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
• Position requires two years of experience in hardware design, microarchitecture, Verilog RTL coding, and FPGA.
• Strong collaboration with arch and software teams to define microarchitecture specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize low-level GPU kernels to accelerate ML model inference and training.
• Maximize computational efficiency and reduce execution time while preserving model accuracy.
• Design and implement distributed training and inference across multiple GPUs and nodes.

Skills

Hardware design

Verilog RTL

UVM testbench

VLSI design

Scripting (Perl/Python/TCL)

FPGA

Power design concepts

Education

Master’s degree in CS/CE/EE or related field

Bachelor’s degree + 7 years of experience

Tools

Verilog

UVM tooling

FPGA tooling

Job description

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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.

Job Role and Responsibility: AMD, Inc. is hiring PMTS Software Development Eng. to Develop and optimize low-level GPU kernels to accelerate inference and training of large machine learning models. Maximize the computational efficiency and reduce execution time while ensuring model accuracy. Design and implement strategies for distributed model training and inference across multiple GPUs and nodes. Address data parallelism and model parallelism challenges to fully utilize available resources. Profile and analyze system and application performance to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement. Use profiling tools to understand and optimize hardware resource utilization. Leverage parallel computing techniques to improve the scalability and performance of machine learning workloads. Implement multi-threading and GPU synchronization techniques. Explore and apply model quantization techniques to reduce memory and computation overhead, especially for edge and cloud deployment. Develop benchmarks and testing procedures to assess the performance and stability of optimized models and frameworks. Ensure that the solutions meet or exceed the defined performance criteria. Collaborate closely with machine learning researchers, software engineers, and infrastructure teams to integrate optimized kernels and solutions into production systems. Create detailed documentation of optimizations, best practices, and implementation guidelines to facilitate knowledge sharing and maintainable code. Utilize knowledge of computers and electronics, including circuit boards, processors, chips, and electronic equipment, as well as knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles. Apply knowledge of engineering principles, best practices, and technologies to the design, development, and testing of various company proprietary products.

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Travel required: NO

Qualifications: Degree required

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.

Qualifications: Amount and type of experience required: Five (5) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.

Alternate combination of education and experience: Employer will accept alternate combination of education and experience: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field and seven (7) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.

Specific skills required: The following skills are required:

Position requires two (2) years of experience in the following:

• Designing, implementing, and testing computer hardware;
• Working with architecture and software teams to write specifications for the microarchitecture design;
• Power design concepts like multiple power domain, power gating, and data retention;
• Verilog RTL coding;
• UVM testbench;
• VLSI Design;
• Scripting languages, including Perl, Python, and TCL/TK; and
• FPGA.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.