Senior Fellow, Instinct GPU Products & Roadmap

Advanced Micro Devices; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Fellow for Instinct Products & Roadmap in Austin, TX. The role involves shaping the technology direction of AMD Instinct™ products, guiding innovative initiatives, and collaborating with engineering teams. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with SoCs and AI workloads, ensuring that AMD leads in AI performance. Achieving product relevance and maintaining exceptional communication in technical discussions are key aspects of this position.

Qualifications

• Deep experience architecting cutting-edge SoCs or systems for AI training and inference workloads.
• Strong understanding of AI workloads, including performance characteristics.
• Proven ability to partner with customers and deliver optimized solutions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate exploration of new technologies impacting AI performance.
• Guide technical direction of preconcept and early concept programs.
• Engage with engineering teams to address technical challenges.

Skills

Architecting cutting-edge SoCs

Understanding of AI workloads

Broad technical background

Customer partnership

Technology exploration

Exceptional communication skills

Education

PhD/Master's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.

Together, we advance your career.

The Role

The Senior Fellow, Instinct Products & Roadmap is a recognized technical authority responsible for shaping the long-term technology direction of AMD Instinct™ products. This role operates at the intersection of advanced technology exploration, product architecture, customer engagement, and strategic planning, ensuring future Instinct platforms deliver industry-leading performance for AI training and inference workloads.

As a Senior Fellow, you will guide preconcept and early concept initiatives, influence multigeneration roadmaps, and partner deeply with engineering, product management, business development, and customers to translate emerging technologies into differentiated products.

As Instinct continues to scale in AI training and inference markets, this role ensures AMD is not just reacting to workloads, but shaping them—driving differentiated architectures, system solutions, and customer partnerships that define future generations of Instinct products.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate exploration of new technologies relevant to Instinct products, identifying opportunities that meaningfully impact AI performance, efficiency, scalability, and deploy-ability.
• Guide technical direction of preconcept and early concept programs, providing Fellow-level architectural leadership to shape viable product paths before formal product definition.
• Engage with engineering teams across silicon, systems, software, and platforms to address critical technical challenges and drive cross-stack optimization.
• Partner with customers and strategic partners to understand workload requirements, co-develop optimized solutions, and influence Instinct product and platform roadmaps.
• Collaborate closely with the business development organization on strategic client engagements, serving as a senior technical voice in customer discussions and long-range planning.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to product management, helping translate market and customer needs into coherent, forward-looking product strategies.
• Represent AMD and the Instinct organization in executive, customer, and industry forums as a trusted technical leader.

Required Experience

• Deep experience architecting cutting-edge SoCs or systems for AI training and inference workloads.
• Strong understanding of AI workloads, including performance characteristics and their implications for SoC, system, and cluster-level design.
• Broad technical background spanning the full stack, from semiconductor process technology and SoC design through platforms, systems, and software.
• Proven ability to partner with customers to define and deliver highly optimized, workload-driven solutions.
• Demonstrated experience guiding technology exploration across multiple technical domains and translating innovation into product-relevant outcomes.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a track record of influence in executive reviews, customer engagements, and industry-level technical discussions.

Academic Credentials

PhD/Master's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.

Location

Austin, TX or Santa Clara, CA

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Visa Sponsorship

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits

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EEO Statement

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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Posting Status

This posting is for an existing vacancy.