Senior Director, Pre-Silicon System Validation for DC GPUs

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will partner with architecture, silicon, systems, software, and performance teams to deliver early, system-accurate insights and reduce integration risk before silicon availability. The role demands executive communication, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to translate complex technical results into

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required in a technical field.
• Experience leading Sr. Director/VP level teams.
• Deep expertise in system-level modeling, simulation, and emulation.
• Strong knowledge of AI/HPC workloads, GPU architectures, memory, and interconnects.

Responsibilities

• Own the system-level validation strategy and roadmap for Data Center GPU platforms across pre- and post-silicon.
• Establish emulation as a core DCGPU execution capability, accelerating architectural confidence, software bring-up, and risk reduction.
• Drive investment and prioritization of emulation infrastructure, tooling, and methodologies aligned to DCGPU scale and timelines.

Skills

System-level modeling

Emulation

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Emulation tooling

Performance modeling tools

Job description

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

You will partner with architecture, silicon, systems, software, and performance teams to deliver early, system-accurate insights and reduce integration risk before silicon availability. The role demands executive communication, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to translate complex technical results into