Senior Director, Pre-Si System Validation – DC GPU Platforms

AMD; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a Sr. Director of Pre-Si System Validation to lead system-level modeling, emulation, and pre-silicon validation for Data Center GPU platforms.

The role collaborates with architecture, silicon, software, and performance teams to accelerate software readiness and reduce risk across AI, HPC, and cloud-scale workloads. Responsibilities include owning strategy, driving emulation initiatives, and guiding executive-level decisions while partnering with customers and leadership to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of large, multi-disciplinary teams at Sr. Director/VP level.
• Deep expertise in system-level modeling, simulation, and emulation.
• Strong knowledge of AI/HPC workloads, GPU architectures, memory and interconnects.
• Experience in HW/SW co-design, workload-driven architecture, and performance modeling.
• Ability to translate complex technical insights into clear executive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the system-level validation strategy and roadmap for pre- and post-silicon.
• Establish emulation as a core DCGPU execution capability and drive tooling investments.
• Lead simulation and emulation of GPU SoCs, multi-die architectures, and full system platforms for AI and HPC.
• Partner with architecture and performance teams to deliver early system-scale insights.
• Build and lead a world-class system-level emulation organization and set governance.

Skills

Leadership at Sr./VP level

System-level modeling

Emulation

HW/SW co-design

Executive communication

Education

Advanced degree in CS/EE or related field

Job description

AMD is seeking a Sr. Director of Pre-Si System Validation to lead system-level modeling, emulation, and pre-silicon validation for Data Center GPU platforms.

The role collaborates with architecture, silicon, software, and performance teams to accelerate software readiness and reduce risk across AI, HPC, and cloud-scale workloads. Responsibilities include owning strategy, driving emulation initiatives, and guiding executive-level decisions while partnering with customers and leadership to ensure