Senior Failure Analysis Engineer – Data Center Platforms

Advanced Micro Devices; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices in Secaucus, NJ is seeking a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer to join a highly visible engineering team responsible for bringing up, debugging, and improving next-generation server and rack-scale platforms in data centers. You will investigate complex hardware and firmware interactions, support platform bring-up, and drive root cause analysis across multiple domains.

The role emphasizes collaboration with design, firmware, validation, manufacturing, quality, and

Qualifications

• Experience in system-level or rack-level troubleshooting and failure analysis.
• Background in hardware debugging and complex issue resolution.
• Familiarity with Linux-based environments, platform logs, and diagnostic workflows.
• Experience with server/data center hardware platforms and firmware interactions.

Responsibilities

• Perform system-level and rack-level failure analysis across server and data center platforms, driving issues from initial symptom identification through root cause determination and resolution.
• Debug complex hardware, firmware, and platform-related issues involving CPUs, GPUs, memory, PCIe, networking, power delivery, thermal systems, and firmware interactions.
• Analyze system logs, platform telemetry, BIOS, BMC, and other diagnostic data to identify failure patterns, isolate root causes, and validate corrective actions.
• Reproduce failures in lab environments and utilize appropriate diagnostic tools and methodologies to validate fixes and improve overall platform reliability.
• Partner closely with design, firmware, validation, manufacturing, quality, and infrastructure teams to investigate issues, drive corrective actions, and improve system performance.
• Support manufacturing and ODM partners by providing technical guidance, failure triage, structured debug processes, and escalation support for complex platform issues.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, troubleshooting guides, SOPs, debug methodologies, and knowledge-sharing resources to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Drive root cause analysis activities and contribute to continuous improvements in reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, and operational readiness.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools, automation, and knowledge systems to improve troubleshooting efficiency, accelerate investigations, and scale engineering best practices.
• Serve as a technical resource for cross-functional teams by communicating findings, managing stakeholder expectations, and providing clear recommendations based on data-driven analysis.
• Contribute expertise in areas such as networking, signal integrity, system architecture, or platform reliability to support the successful deployment of next-generation data center technologies.

Skills

System-level troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Hardware debugging

Linux expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Electrical/Computer/Systems Engineering or CS

Tools

BIOS

BMC

IPMI

Diagnostics tools

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices in Secaucus, NJ is seeking a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer to join a highly visible engineering team responsible for bringing up, debugging, and improving next-generation server and rack-scale platforms in data centers. You will investigate complex hardware and firmware interactions, support platform bring-up, and drive root cause analysis across multiple domains.

The role emphasizes collaboration with design, firmware, validation, manufacturing, quality, and