Senior Post-Silicon Power & Performance Lead

AMD; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD seeks a Senior Staff Engineer - Post-Silicon Power & Performance in Austin, TX, hybrid role. You will own advanced post-silicon analysis, drive improvements across power, thermal and performance for our SoC products.

Collaborate with architects, design verification, firmware, and platform teams to optimize PPA, develop data pipelines and dashboards, and deliver targets for Versal, Ryzen Embedded, and high-end processors.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Power and Power PnP activities Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon correlation.

Responsibilities

• Lead post-silicon Power and Performance Attainment (PPA) validation, including profiling and measurement of EDC/TDC, thermal dynamics, frequency scaling, and voltage droop characteristics to ensure product targets are met.
• Drive attainment of power and performance goals by optimizing power management settings, firmware parameters, and system configurations for maximum efficiency and throughput.
• Conduct in-depth silicon debugging across power rails, telemetry systems, dynamic voltage scaling (DVS), and PMIC interactions to identify and resolve PPA-related issues.
• Correlate silicon results with pre-silicon models, identify discrepancies impacting PPA, and propose actionable solutions to close gaps.
• Plan and execute comprehensive post-silicon validation for power, performance, and thermal metrics (including PVT sweeps, Vmin/Fmax characterization, transient droop analysis) with a focus on achieving PPA objectives.
• Develop and automate data collection and analysis pipelines; create dashboards for KPI monitoring, regression tracking, and PPA progress visualization.
• Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and driver issues impacting power and performance; implement fusing and firmware adjustments to align with PPA targets.
• Collaborate with architecture, design verification, firmware, and platform teams to identify root causes of PPA shortfalls and drive cross-functional solutions; author detailed tuning guides and documentation to support PPA optimization.

Skills

Python scripting

Lab debugging

Power/PPA experience

Pre-/Post-Silicon correlation

Telemetry understanding

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

DAC

PMIC tools

Job description

AMD seeks a Senior Staff Engineer - Post-Silicon Power & Performance in Austin, TX, hybrid role. You will own advanced post-silicon analysis, drive improvements across power, thermal and performance for our SoC products.

Collaborate with architects, design verification, firmware, and platform teams to optimize PPA, develop data pipelines and dashboards, and deliver targets for Versal, Ryzen Embedded, and high-end processors.