Sr. Platform Hardware Design Engineer

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

AMD is seeking a Senior Platform Hardware Design Engineer to lead system and board hardware development for AI acceleration-based data center products. You will collaborate across power, thermal, firmware, PCB layout, and validation teams to bring designs from inception to high-volume production.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, strong Cadence tool experience, and delivery within tight schedules in a hybrid work environment based in Austin, TX or Longmont, CO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Experience leading hardware development from concept to production.
• Strong knowledge of high-speed interfaces and power integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead system and hardware development from concept to production.
• Collaborate with power, mechanical, firmware, and validation teams.
• Define requirements, specifications and cost targets for AI acceleration hardware.
• Publish design documentation for internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Board hardware design

Product development

High-speed mixed-signal design

Power integrity

Team leadership

Education

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

Tools

Cadence Concept Capture

Allegro PCB

PCB design tools

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:

As a Senior Platform Hardware Design Engineer, you will lead and be part of the design team developing state-of-the-art systems. This is a dynamic and fast-paced engineering environment where you will lead and participate in a wide variety of challenging product development projects. Your responsibilities include leading the development of system and board hardware from inception to full-volume production. This position requires the capability to closely work with power supply designs, mechanical and thermal teams, firmware development and validation teams, PCB layout engineers, and internal and external design stakeholders to create high-quality products and smooth volume production within a tight schedule. This position will focus on product development for the data center AI acceleration markets, one of the fastest-growing segments within AMD. Additionally, experience with switches and their board design, specifically using Broadcom or Cisco switches, is essential. This is a hybrid work opportunity based at our labs in Austin TX or Longmont CO, and relocation assistance may be available.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Technically lead cross-functional engineering teams responsible for system and hardware development of AI acceleration-based systems from product definition to production. This includes the physical design of multilevel boards, DFM (Design for Manufacturing), power regulation, board bring-up qualification and debug, thermal, signal integrity, and EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference).
• Provide cross-functional technical leadership and communication within the hardware engineering, architecture, customer, and program management teams.
• Actively drive technical definition/architecture and program execution/issue resolution in a dynamic development environment with programs in various development phases ranging from concept, feasibility, execution, production, or sustaining.
• Work with SOC silicon architects and the business unit to define and develop product requirements, specifications, and cost targets.
• Drive innovation in system architecture, system management, circuit implementations, and security down to the level of component selections.
• Define and manage validation and assist with hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, design verification, optimizations, and fine-tuning for an optimum balance of cost and performance at the board and system level.
• Provide implementation guidelines and feedback to silicon, package, and system design groups.
• Create and publish design technical documentation for internal and external stakeholders.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong board hardware and system design experience.
• Proven ability to drive product development from concept to mass production.
• Ability to write product specifications.
• BOM management skills.
• Solid experience in high-speed mixed-signal design techniques.
• Strong experience in Cadence tools, such as Concept Capture and Allegro PCB.
• Solid experience in LDOs and Multiphase DC-DC switching power supply Power Integrity for high-power ASIC products. Experience with power conversion and delivery for high-performance processors or GPUs is a plus.
• Experience with hardware lab tools, digital oscilloscopes, and other common lab equipment.
• Experience with firmware, APIs, applications, OSes, and their interactions within Windows, Linux, Data Accelerators, compute, and virtualization environments.
• Understanding of industrial standards: high-speed/digital interfaces (USB, PCI Express), memory interface, I2C/SMBus/PMBus, SPI, JTAG.
• Experience with scripting to assist with daily tasks (Python, BASH, Perl, etc).
• Must be self-driven, collaborative, and a strong team player with technical leadership skills to support optimal performance.
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and organization skills.
• Experience with high-speed serial interfaces, PCI Express and USB is a plus.
• Specific experience with switches, CPUs, FPGAs, and their board design including SI and PI knowledge.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering preferred

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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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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