Senior Validation Program Lead – Hardware & Software

AMD; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD’s Data Center GPU organization seeks a seasoned Program Leader to guide key engineering initiatives from concept through execution. You will partner closely with engineering and business stakeholders to ensure program and product objectives are met across development, validation, and delivery phases.

The ideal candidate brings strong validation experience, hands‑on hardware/software program management, and the ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering.
• Formal project management training; PMP certification preferred.
• Several years of hands‑on validation experience with hardware/software projects.

Responsibilities

• Define, plan, and drive projects and program plans based on guidance from management and senior technical leaders.
• Scope and evaluate the technical feasibility of new products by clarifying and analyzing requirements with software and hardware architects, validation teams, technical leads, and engineers.
• Lead end‑to‑end program execution, including development and validation phases, ensuring alignment across hardware, firmware, software, and driver teams.
• Develop and manage integrated program schedules that account for drivers, software stack components, validation milestones, and hardware/firmware dependencies.
• Negotiate and establish staffing plans—including validation resources—to support program timelines.
• Build, maintain, and execute comprehensive program plans with a strong focus on execution excellence.
• Establish and manage formal program management artifacts, including plans of record, statements of work, schedules, budgets, scope definitions, and performance and quality KPIs.
• Ensure excellence in resource planning across development and validation teams.
• Identify program and validation risks, define mitigation and prevention strategies, and proactively address issues to reduce engineering cost and schedule impact.
• Work effectively with senior executives and address requirements from Engineering, Product Management, Validation, and Customer Engineering organizations.

Skills

Program management

Validation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Confluence

Excel

Job description

AMD’s Data Center GPU organization seeks a seasoned Program Leader to guide key engineering initiatives from concept through execution. You will partner closely with engineering and business stakeholders to ensure program and product objectives are met across development, validation, and delivery phases.

The ideal candidate brings strong validation experience, hands‑on hardware/software program management, and the ability to translate complex requirements into actionable plans.