Principal Platform System Engineering Lead

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

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices seeks a highly technical leader to own platform management, serviceability, and observability across AMD Instinct AI platforms. You will guide architecture, deployment readiness, and field issue resolution, partnering with hardware and software teams to ensure customer success.

The role demands hands-on leadership in BMC, Redfish, and telemetry ecosystems, with a focus on rapid root-cause analysis and scalable serviceability across datacenter platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong background in server, AI accelerator, GPU, or datacenter platform architectures.
• Deep expertise in BMC architecture and OpenBMC environments.
• Hands-on experience with Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, IPMI, and DMTF standards.
• Knowledge of I2C, SMBus, PMBus, SPI, PCIe, UART, and platform sideband interfaces.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical investigations and cross-organizational issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture for platform management, serviceability, diagnostics, and observability.
• Define and drive BMC, Redfish, telemetry, inventory management, and health monitoring solutions.
• Lead cross-functional debug and root-cause analysis of platform issues spanning hardware, firmware, BMC, and software.
• Drive customer escalations, deployment readiness, and field issue resolution.
• Establish diagnostic frameworks, debug methodologies, and serviceability requirements.
• Partner with silicon, platform, firmware, software, validation, and customer engineering teams.
• Influence future platform management architecture and industry standards adoption.

Skills

BMC architecture

OpenBMC

Redfish

Telemetry

Diagnostics

Root-cause analysis

Platform management

Cross-functional leadership

I2C/SMBus

PCIe/UART interfaces

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE/EE

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

THE ROLE

AMD is seeking a highly technical leader to support platform architecture, serviceability, telemetry, and associated debug across AMD Instinct™ AI platforms. This role combines architecture ownership with hands-on execution, root-cause analysis, and deployment readiness across BMC, platform firmware, system software, and management infrastructure.

THE PERSON

Own the architecture, execution, and technical leadership of AMD Instinct platform management and serviceability solutions, serving as the subject matter expert for BMC, Redfish, telemetry, diagnostics, observability, and platform-level debug while ensuring deployment readiness and customer success.

Success is measured by architecture delivery, faster root-cause resolution, improved serviceability, enhanced telemetry coverage, and reduced customer-impacting issues.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own architecture for platform management, serviceability, diagnostics, and observability.
• Define and drive BMC, Redfish, telemetry, inventory management, and health monitoring solutions.
• Lead cross-functional debug and root-cause analysis of platform issues spanning hardware, firmware, BMC, and software.
• Drive customer escalations, deployment readiness, and field issue resolution.
• Establish diagnostic frameworks, debug methodologies, and serviceability requirements.
• Partner with silicon, platform, firmware, software, validation, and customer engineering teams.
• Influence future platform management architecture and industry standards adoption.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Strong background in server, AI accelerator, GPU, or datacenter platforms.
• Deep expertise in BMC architecture and OpenBMC environments.
• Hands-on experience with Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, IPMI, and DMTF standards.
• Knowledge of I2C, SMBus, PMBus, SPI, PCIe, UART, and platform sideband interfaces.
• Experience in telemetry, sensors, event logging, diagnostics, and root-cause analysis.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical investigations and drive issue closure across organizations.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Experience with hyperscale datacenter deployments.
• Understanding of RAS, fault management, and serviceability architectures.
• Strong automation and debug tooling experience.
• Experience supporting customer escalations and production platforms.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field. Advanced degree preferred.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD's “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.