Senior Memory Systems Engineer & Customer Debug Lead

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. seeks a memory systems expert to own escalated customer memory issues across DDR/LPDDR generations, from design-in to production. You will root-cause failures on real systems, review next-gen memory architecture, and author customer-facing documentation.

The role requires deep memory/NoC knowledge, lab debugging, and cross-functional leadership without direct authority, plus applying AI to engineering workflows to improve debugging and automation.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with memory subsystems across multiple DRAM generations.
• Expertise in DDR and LPDDR generations with JEDEC specs and module variants.
• Proven ability to author customer-facing documentation.
• Strong root-cause analysis of system-level memory failures.
• Experience working with strategic customers and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated use of AI in engineering workflows to improve debugging and automation.

Responsibilities

• Own escalated memory support issues from design-in to production.
• Be authority on DDR/LPDDR, JEDEC standards, device behavior, module topologies, and data rates.
• Author product guides, user guides, datasheets, answer records and tutorials for customers.
• Review memory and NoC architecture for next-generation silicon; identify gaps and propose fixes.
• Perform DRAM SI/PI measurements and provide PCB layout guidance for DDR/LPDDR.
• Create targeted memory tests and tooling in C to stress hardware.
• Translate system-level challenges into product and roadmap decisions; coordinate across teams.
• Apply AI tools to surface design gaps and summarize large test/log datasets.

Skills

Memory subsystems

DDR/LPDDR standards

Root-cause analysis

System architecture

Hardware debugging

C programming

AI in workflows

Customer engagement

Technical writing

NoC/Memory controller

Oscilloscopes

JTAG/protocol analysis

Tools

IBIS-AMI models

Lab debugging tools

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. seeks a memory systems expert to own escalated customer memory issues across DDR/LPDDR generations, from design-in to production. You will root-cause failures on real systems, review next-gen memory architecture, and author customer-facing documentation.

The role requires deep memory/NoC knowledge, lab debugging, and cross-functional leadership without direct authority, plus applying AI to engineering workflows to improve debugging and automation.