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
We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Lead / Staff Systems Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s product, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry leading technologies to market. The AMD EPYC and Instinct team validation team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.
The Validation Architect or Strategist – At‑Scale Farm is the technical owner of end‑to‑end validation strategy, architecture, and execution at scale of AMD Servers. This role defines how validation is architected, automated, and executed across distributed farm environments, ensuring optimal coverage, efficiency, and product quality outcomes .
THE PERSON
As a Validation Architect or Strategist – At‑Scale Farm, you will drive scalable and automated validation solutions. In this high‑visibility role, your systems validation and architecture expertise will be key to uncovering critical issues early and ensuring a high‑quality, customer‑ready experience for AMD EPYC and AMD Instinct platforms.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Design and continuously evolve validation coverage strategy, ensuring that validation is not just executing tests, but systematically maximize bug discovery, minimize customer escapes, and align validation with real‑world customer usage.
Drive technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across validation, including content, tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross‑functional technical initiatives.
Assess customer escapes and translate them into structured validation test plans that systematically close coverage gaps, prevent recurrence.
Evaluate customer impact of gaps and mitigate risks prior to production.
Lead collaborative approach with multiple teams across AMD to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time.
Debug issues found during the process, bring up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
14+ years of exposure to pre‑silicon + post‑silicon validation exposure including system‑level validation.
Has performed validation architect roles in the past in Client, SoC or Server.
Hands‑on knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy.
Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python).
Strong analytical/problem‑solving skills and pronounced attention to details.
Must be a self‑starter with strong leadership & communication skills and customer orientation.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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