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THE ROLE:
The AI Customer Engineering organization is looking for a Principal AI Systems Design Engineer to help customers ramp successfully with AMD GPU platforms. This is a hands‑on, customer‑facing role leading full-stack debug of AI infrastructure focusing on high-speed memory standards such as DDR and HBM.
THE PERSON:
Ideal candidate would be a senior technologist who has significant hands-on experience with high speed memories such as DDR5/LP5/HBM3 including silicon bring up and debug. Good understanding of Memory controllers and PHYs, Training algorithms and FW interactions, ECC, Manufacturing, and reliability mechanisms with hands-on system development experience.
Experience in debugging of complex full stack SW/FW/HW issues is a must, understand memory bottlenecks through the system and be able to validate the items connecting to the GPU SOC (HBM, VRs, internal networking). Communication is essential in working with different owners of the functional code stack as well as the ability to drive issues via phone calls, chat messages, e-mails. Hands on experience with Hardware in silicon/system lab environment is preferred.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Drive resolutions for customer issues with innovative debug methods with a goal to root cause and enable customers in a fast-paced environment
- Provide technical leadership on issue debug closely working with SoC, Memory Technology, Design, Validation and Manufacturing teams driving to root cause
- Ability to setup hardware systems and probe components in the system; check electrical, power signals, and validate a system using different AI workloads
- Communicate / Document flows and methods of bring-up, system initialization, running stress workloads and debug
- Lead technical presentations demonstrating a good understanding of customer application, infrastructure, and system design
- Be a leader and mentor to the operation team; be hands-on and lead by example
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Significant experience in SoC architecture, memory standards, debug of complex system level issues
- Strong debug capabilities of memory protocols in Server CPU/GPU/FPGA in single and multi-node platforms
- Hands-on troubleshooting experience in solving technical issues; own the problem and drive for resolution
- Hands-on experience in using industry debug tools, scopes as well examine board level signal, power integrity
- Good balance of understanding with hardware, architecture, and software expertise
- Solid programming skills in Python, C, or C++
- Skilled in scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby, and Shell script
- Experience running, analyzing, and system benchmarks such as JEDEC standards
- Proficient with revision control (GIT, SVN and CVS)
- Proven ability to drive resolution of critical problems within a lab, Datacenter
- Relationship with external customers/partners and able to help resolve problems on customer platforms
ACEDEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related fields
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