Sr. Silicon Design Engineer at AMD

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. AMD together we advance_ HPC/ML GPU Performance Architect THE ROLE: AMD is looking for an outstanding technical contributor to help optimize performance of AMD-based next-generation GPU accelerators for HPC and Machine Learning. As a passionate and dedicated Server GPU Performance Architect in the MI SOC Architecture Team, you will optimize SOC performance by identifying opportunities across all parts of system architecture, spanning the application and related frameworks, driver, GPU core, memory & I/O subsystems. You will collect and analyze performance profiling data and traces to isolate performance bottlenecks, and share the insights to help drive features into the next generation of server GPUs and software stack components. The ideal candidate is expected to be well informed on latest trends in GPU accelerated HPC and ML, and be able to quickly ascertain, in a data-driven manner, how next generation server GPUs and platforms should be engineered to support those needs THE PERSON: You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Establishes and maintains AMD's technological leadership position Deals with problems requiring cutting edge approaches Makes technical decisions that have a significant impact on product families, go to market strategies and customer satisfaction Has technical time horizon of generally 6 to 18 months. Accountability on project execution with influence on project/product time-to-market schedules. Work closely with other team members to understand design architecture and to propose solutions to improve/enhance performance with given SoC/IP and markets. Architectural modeling, performance triage, deeper analysis, identifying bottlenecks working with architects and proposing solutions for performance improvement. Developing tools and methodology for performance modeling, workloads analysis. Proposing, communicating and implementing solutions to issues. Participate in collaborative development and workload performance optimization with AMD’s partners/customers. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Exceptional foundation in systems architecture, cutting across CPU or GPU, memory, storage and I/O subsystems Power user of performance profiling tools Experience with hardware performance counter monitoring tools Knowledge of OS internals and kernel parameter tuning experience Exposure to GPU accelerator performance benchmarks and codes are a plus (HPL, STREAM, etc) Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) > 2 years relevant industry or academic research experience ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: Master’s degree required, PhD preferred, emphasis in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Architecture, or Computer Science with SoC/IP performance studies. At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package. Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here. 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.