Senior Corporate Counsel – Datacenter Solutions

Advanced Micro Devices; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is seeking a highly motivated attorney to join the Legal Department and support the Datacenter Solutions Group. You will serve as a practical business-oriented partner to engineering, product, and business development teams for datacenter products, including CPUs, GPUs, networking solutions, software, and related tools.

This role can be located in Austin or San Jose. You will draft and negotiate complex commercial and technology agreements, advise on IP and

Qualifications

• JD degree and admission to practice law in a U.S. state.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to DSG engineering, product, sales, marketing, and business development teams, providing practical guidance that balances legal risk with business and technical objectives.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial and technology agreements relating to DSG products and solutions, including customer, supply, licensing, development, evaluation, services, and strategic collaboration agreements.
• Advise on product development and commercialization matters involving intellectual property, software and data rights, open-source software, confidentiality, warranties, compliance, risk allocation, and dispute resolution.
• Lead and coordinate negotiations with internal stakeholders across engineering, sales, finance, operations, compliance, and other functions, and escalate significant legal or business risks as appropriate.
• Support strategic customer and partner engagements involving datacenter CPUs, GPU accelerators, networking solutions, software, tools, and integrated systems.
• Help prevent and resolve contractual, product, and commercial disputes, and advise clients on interpretation of existing agreements and available remedies.
• Develop templates, playbooks, guidance, and training that improve contracting efficiency, promote consistent legal positions, and support compliance with company policies.
• Monitor emerging legal and regulatory issues affecting datacenter, AI, semiconductor, hardware, and software products, and translate those developments into practical guidance for the business.

Education

JD degree

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is seeking a highly motivated attorney to join the Legal Department and support the Datacenter Solutions Group. You will serve as a practical business-oriented partner to engineering, product, and business development teams for datacenter products, including CPUs, GPUs, networking solutions, software, and related tools.

This role can be located in Austin or San Jose. You will draft and negotiate complex commercial and technology agreements, advise on IP and