Pcie / Cxl and Hsio Validation Engineer

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · Austin, TX · Engineering

This role is for a PCIe/CXL and HSIO Validation Engineer at AMD, focusing on high-speed IO validation for datacenter CPUs. Responsibilities include developing and executing test plans, creating test content, developing post-silicon validation infrastructure, debugging issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role requires experience with high-speed interfaces like PCIe and CXL, understanding of server architecture, and strong debugging and scripting skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and execute feature enablement and validation test plans for SoC- and system-level SoC features across all AMD Server products for High-Speed IO
  2. Develop test content for both focus testing as well as system level stress testing of IO domain plus cross product stress testing
  3. Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure (software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup)
  4. Test interactions between various SoC features using validation infrastructure
  5. Debug and drive root-cause analysis for SoC related issues

Skills

Required

  • PCIe Gen5/6+, CXL, UCIe or proprietary inter-die and multi-socket server interface experience
  • Developing validation methodologies and infrastructure
  • Test plan and workload development experience
  • Silicon bring up and debug experience
  • Debug skills at both SoC and system level
  • Programming/scripting language (C/C++, Python, Perl, ...)
  • Server OSes (Linux, Windows) working knowledge
  • Common lab equipment (protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes)
  • Board/platform-level debug
  • System architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy knowledge
  • Analytical/problem-solving skills
  • Attention to details
  • BSEE/CSE/CS with 7+ years of experience or MSEE/CSE/CS with 5+ years of experience

Nice to have

  • Understanding of modern x86 microprocessor architecture and Server platform architecture

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a self-starting team player with excellent communication skills who can work with minimal guidance
  • Forward thinker that drives improvement to development process, code architecture and fosters a spirit of innovation and continuous improvement