Staff Systems Design Engineer

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · Penang, Malaysia · Engineering

This role is for a Staff Systems Design Engineer at AMD, focusing on Datacenter Server SoC Post-Silicon features validation and enablement. The engineer will develop and execute validation test plans, build validation infrastructure, debug SoC issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Experience with SoC architecture, microprocessor architecture, and server platform architecture is desired, along with programming/scripting skills and knowledge of server OSes. The role is based in Penang, Malaysia.

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
  2. Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure (software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup)
  3. Test interactions between various SoC features using validation infrastructure
  4. Debug and drive root-cause analysis for SoC related issues
  5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in developing tools to improve SoC validation and debug

Skills

Required

  • SoC validation and debug
  • feature enablement and validation test plans
  • post-silicon validation infrastructure development
  • debugging SoC related issues
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • programming/scripting languages (C/C++, Python, Perl)
  • Server OSes (Linux, Windows)
  • platform security, secure boot, and encryption

Nice to have

  • SoC architecture
  • microprocessor cores
  • modern x86 microprocessor architecture
  • Server platform architecture
  • validation methodologies and infrastructure development
  • silicon bring up and debug
  • Hypervisor experience
  • security encryption in virtualized environments

What the JD emphasized

  • Datacenter Server SoC Post-Silicon features validation and enablement
  • silicon SoC level up through BIOS, system firmware, and OS levels
  • emulation and post-silicon bring-up / validation
  • debug SoC feature issues
  • run and maintain validation infrastructure
  • systems engineering expertise will be necessary towards product post silicon validation development
  • platform level debugging and root cause resolution
  • feature enablement and validation test plans
  • SoC- and system-level SoC features
  • post-silicon validation infrastructure
  • software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup
  • Test interactions between various SoC features
  • Debug and drive root-cause analysis for SoC related issues
  • developing tools to improve SoC validation and debug
  • improve post-silicon validation test strategy, methodology, and process
  • Experience with SoC architecture and microprocessor cores
  • Understanding of modern x86 microprocessor architecture and Server platform architecture is highly desired
  • Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure
  • Test plan and test development experience
  • Participated in silicon bring up and debug
  • support to internal engineering teams
  • Debug skills at both SoC and system level
  • Working knowledge of Server OSes (Linux, Windows)
  • Working knowledge on platform security, secure boot and encryption
  • Hypervisor experience is a plus with regards to security encryption in virtualized environments
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electronics / Computer Science related with 5-10 years of experience in SoC validation and debug