Principal, Platform Thermal Engineer Lead

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA · Engineering

This role is for a Principal, Platform Thermal Engineer Lead at AMD, focusing on server platform thermal mechanical engineering. The responsibilities include driving technical innovation in validation, debugging system-level thermal issues, supporting SOC architects with power and thermal modeling, and working with multiple teams. The role requires extensive knowledge of CFD modeling, thermal mechanical lab equipment, board/platform-level debug techniques, and system architecture. Programming/scripting skills are also preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Driving technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives
  2. Debugging issues found during the process, bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs
  3. Working with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time
  4. Working closely with supporting technical teams
  5. Engaging in other software/hardware modeling frameworks
  6. Leading collaborative approach with multiple teams

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in mechanical engineering
  • Extensive knowledge of system architecture
  • technical debug
  • validation strategy
  • Strong analytical/problem-solving skills
  • pronounced attention to details

Nice to have

  • CFD modeling with IcePak and Flotherm
  • OpenFoam
  • common thermal mechanical lab equipment such as anemometers, flowbenches, thermocouples, vibe/shock table, environmental chambers, Instron, etc.
  • board/platform-level debug techniques and methodologies
  • Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python)

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion