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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
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Failure Analysis Engineer - Server PCBA Design - Power will lead end-to-end hardware root cause analysis for server PCBAs, focusing on power delivery, PDBs, bridge boards, sequencing, and high-speed IO paths. The role involves investigating bring-up, factory, and customer failures by performing schematic and layout reviews, SI/PI assessments, and component-level electrical debug using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and imaging tools. You will determine if issues stem from design, manufacturing, component quality, or firmware interactions while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive corrective actions. Technical requirements include proficiency in Python, Linux, and SQL to automate data collection and log parsing. This position addresses complex technical challenges within server platforms, including GPU/accelerator systems and high-speed interconnects, ensuring reliable power distribution and hardware integrity across dense compute environments and large-scale infrastructure components.
Lead end-to-end hardware root cause analysis for server PCBAs including power delivery, bridge boards, and high-speed IO paths.
Identify if failures stem from design, layout, component quality, manufacturing processes, or firmware-controlled behaviors.
Execute structured debug plans using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, schematic reviews, and electrical measurements to isolate faults.
Perform board-level electrical debug for shorts, opens, rail droop, sequencing failures, and intermittent behavior.
Partner with systems integration teams to distinguish between hardware defects and firmware or silicon issues.
Automate data collection, log parsing, and failure correlation using Python, Linux tools, and SQL.
Create technical reports and 8D documentation to communicate failure modes and corrective actions to stakeholders.
Drive cross-functional corrective actions with design, manufacturing, supplier quality, and customer-facing teams.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Equivalent hands-on experience in server motherboard design, validation, component-level electrical debug, hardware failure analysis, high-speed IO debug, AI GPU platforms, or complex system-level RCA.
Experience performing end-to-end hardware root cause analysis for server PCBAs including power delivery, PDBs, bridge boards, and high-speed IO paths.
Proficiency in using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, digital multimeters, and other lab validation equipment.
Ability to analyze schematics and layouts to identify issues related to design, manufacturing, component quality, or SI/PI behavior.
Skill in automating data collection and analysis using Python, Linux tools, SQL, and shell scripting.
Experience leading cross-functional RCA reviews with firmware, silicon, manufacturing, and supplier quality teams to drive corrective actions.
Knowledge of power integrity, sequencing, PDB architectures, PCIe link behavior, and failure modes for dense server platforms or AI GPU systems (preferred).
Failure Analysis
Root Cause Analysis
Firmware
BIOS
BMC
IPMI
PCIe
Linux
System Architecture
Signal Integrity
Power Delivery
Networking
AI-assisted Engineering
Automation
Hardware Debugging
Physical Failure Analysis
SEM
TEM
FIB
IC Fabrication
Advanced Packaging
Cross-sectioning
De-layering
Plasma De-processing
Electron Microscopy
Design of Experiments
Root-cause Analysis
Silicon Architecture
Physical Failure Analysis
SEM
TEM
Focused Ion Beam
FIB
Electron Microscopy
IC Fabrication
Advanced Packaging
De-processing
Cross-sectioning
Design of Experiments
DOE
Circuit Design
Python
Rust
Shell Scripting
Linux
CI/CD
Data Pipelines
AI
Machine Learning
EDA Workflows
CAD Navigation Systems
Databases
Version Control
Observability
Automation Frameworks
Workflow Orchestration