Senior Manager - HPC & AI System Application Performance Engineering

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

Benefits offered by this job

AMD benefits

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is seeking an experienced computational science leader to guide the HPC & Sovereign AI applications team in delivering high-performance software for AMD GPUs across industry, academia, and national labs.

This role combines hands-on leadership with deep technical expertise and customer engagement. You will coordinate across global teams, drive performance optimization, and contribute to proposals and RFPs while ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions for

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in HPC and AI software stacks.
• Experience leading distributed teams and coordinating with customers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of scientific domain experts, computational scientists, and performance optimization engineers to adapt and optimize HPC and AI applications to perform on AMD hardware.
• Lead full system application performance attainment for Exascale-class customers.
• Lead and coordinate technical content for customer RFPs and business proposals.
• Drive the delivery of Exascale-ready applications to AMD business units and customers.
• Manage internal HPC development system admins to support the team.
• Interact with stakeholders to establish program requirements and schedules.
• Work with other AMD teams to continuously improve AMD development software products.

Skills

Team management

HPC

AI software stacks

JIRA

Distributed teams

Executive communication

Education

PhD in Computer Science / ECE

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

At AMD, we push the boundaries of high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization, the technologies driving AI, gaming, and the data center. We’re looking for computational science leaders to help prepare applications for the world’s most powerful supercomputers across industry, academia, and national labs. The AMD HPC & Sovereign AI applications team seeks a strong, experienced, collaborative leader with sharp technical skills to lead a highly educated and motivated team from the front in a hands‑on manner. The candidate needs to have a demonstrated track record of development and leadership. The ability to interact with customers and partners is essential. You will work closely with stakeholders, diverse teams within AMD, external code owners and customers to lead a development team in delivering high quality and performant HPC and AI applications for use on AMD GPU products.

THE PERSON

You are passionate about performance and quality of software products. You continuously coordinate across organizations, bringing together developers, customers, and product engineers to deliver programs on‑time. You delight in winning business by providing recognizable value to our customers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and manage a team of talented scientific domain experts, computational scientists, and performance optimization engineers to adapt and optimize HPC and AI applications to perform on AMD hardware
• Lead full system application performance attainment for Exascale‑class customers
• Lead and coordinate technical content for customer RFPs and business proposals
• Drive the delivery of Exascale ready applications to AMD business units and customers
• Manage internal HPC development system admins to support the team’s work
• Interact with stakeholders to establish program requirements and schedules
• Work with other AMD teams to continuously improve AMD development software products

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated track record of software team management
• Technical expertise in foundational science, computer science, computer architecture, or computational mathematics, and experience in one or more of the following domains:
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Computational Geophysics
  • Oil and Gas applications
  • Weather Modelling
  • Applied Mathematics
  • AI/ML
• Experience with JIRA or similar project management environment, ideally in an Agile software development environment
• Experience with HPC and AI software stacks
• Experience managing and collaborating across a geographically distributed team (AMD has sites across North America, in Europe, and Asia)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive‑level presentations
• Experience with large machine procurement processes and export control compliance is a plus

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• PhD or equivalent accomplishments in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering or related scientific computing domains

A successful candidate must be eligible for a U.S. Department of Energy Q‑level access authorization.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.