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About Amd
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company that develops high-performance processors, graphics cards, and adaptive computing solutions for gaming, data centers, and embedded markets. Industry: Semiconductors
Amd currently has
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Listed pay typically runs
$166,400–$249,600
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Director, AI Research - Strategic Partnerships leads research collaborations with frontier AI labs and strategic model-development partners to advance hardware and software roadmaps. This leader builds and mentors a team of researchers and engineers while serving as a scientific peer to external partners on topics like reinforcement learning, large-scale model training, and GPU programming. The role involves defining the technical agenda for joint research programs, including RL training pipelines, kernel and PPA optimization, and confidential compute architectures. The candidate must translate frontier-model requirements into actionable inputs for silicon, architecture, and compiler teams while tracking measurable goals like model uplift and workload performance. Required expertise includes deep knowledge of AI systems, hardware-software stacks, and experience in research prototyping or production shipping to solve challenges at the intersection of advanced training techniques and high-performance computing infrastructure.
AI
Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Model Training
AI-for-systems
hardware–software stack
Compiler
Inference
Research Prototyping
Training Pipelines
Performance Optimization
Generative AI
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Foundation Models
Natural Language Processing
Computer Vision
Model Alignment
Fine-tuning
Machine Learning
Multimodal Data