Senior Lead Software System Design Engineer

Job Description

Performance team is looking for a dynamic and energetic engineer to join our growing team. You will be joining a team that fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation, showcases successes, and facilitates continuous career development You will be involved in AMD s early server workload test strategies, planning, execution and analysis for the EPYC products that are used by major OEMs and Cloud Providers Your goal is to execute performance testing on early silicon to validate the system is on track to meet the performance goals of AMD and our customers Work with different groups to define test plan and help to validate performance architecture. You will work on test plan and execution for system validation as we'll as analyze, configure, and propose improvement to current practices to achieve efficient validation methodology for server system validation You should have strong understanding of Power and Performance Optimization along with x86 architecture. The Person: A self-starter with the ability to execute complex test plans independently or with a cross-functional team and collaborate with cross-function teams to debug and resolve issues. You will learn to be hands-on with lab tools and working in a lab environment as we'll as orchestrating configuration and testing at remote sites. You will be working with lead engineers to learn more about the workloads and test environments. Required Experience: Proven ability to work across teams Working multiple concurrent projects Familiarity with programming / scripting language (C/C++, Python, Perl) Experience presenting technical topics Working knowledge of Server OSes and hypervisors (Linux, Windows Server, VMware, KVM, ) Knowledge of computer hardware architecture (CPU/APU, x86, PCIe, memory) and software architecture (driver, bios, firmware usage) with a focus on what drives performance Understanding of modern x86 microprocessor architecture and Server platform architecture is highly desired Forward thinker that drives improvement to development process, code architecture and fosters a spirit of innovation and continuous improvement Strong verbal and written English communication skills Preferred Experience: Test plan and test development experience for a range of industry workloads Debug skills at the system level Debug skills at the SOC level Familiar with General Computer Architecture concepts and silicon features Microsoft and Linux Operating Systems Virtualization and Container environments System component compatibility High performance IO adapters and drivers System level, functional and environmental stress testing Academic Credentials: bachelors Degree (BS) in EE, CE, CS with minimum of 10 years of Industry experience and at least 7 years on PnP.