Principal Solutions Engineer, Rack-Scale AI

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) in Seattle seeks a Principal Member of Technical Staff to own rack-level bring-up and lead hands-on debug with OEM partners for AMD Instinct products. You will bridge internal architects, platform teams, and customers, influencing design and roadmap with field insights.

You will guide engineering, root cause analysis, and status updates at the leadership level, mentoring junior engineers and driving cross-functional collaboration across locations.

Qualifications

• Advanced experience in system architecture, hardware/firmware debugging, and customer-facing engineering (HPC or AI/ML focus preferred).
• Deep understanding of Server/Rack system architecture (x86, GPU, PCIe, Interconnects).
• Strong proficiency in System Firmware debugging and deployment strategies.
• Experience with bring-up and debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG).

Responsibilities

• Provide system architecture and design support for rack-scale solutions.
• Partner with customers to architect and optimize Rack-Scale AI deployments using AMD Instinct GPUs.
• Support design reviews and flag areas for modification to improve quality and performance.
• Lead bring-up, debugging and validation across hardware, firmware, and software stacks.
• Create technical documentation and reference architectures for deployments.
• Lead customer issue resolution and drive long-term process improvements.
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to roadmap influence.

Skills

System architecture

Hardware/firmware debug

Customer-facing engineering

Server/Rack architecture

BIOS/UEFI debugging

BMC/OpenBMC

JTAG debugging

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

JTAG

Power/thermal analysis tools

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) in Seattle seeks a Principal Member of Technical Staff to own rack-level bring-up and lead hands-on debug with OEM partners for AMD Instinct products. You will bridge internal architects, platform teams, and customers, influencing design and roadmap with field insights.

You will guide engineering, root cause analysis, and status updates at the leadership level, mentoring junior engineers and driving cross-functional collaboration across locations.