This role pays more than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$177,300–$246,200
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$250k
versus about
$212k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
$164,080–$246,120
across 391 roles with salary data.
The Principal Competitive CPU Microarchitecture & Platform Performance Engineer joins the Competitive Advanced Performance team to predict and validate competitive server CPU performance before products reach the market. This role involves building workload-relevant models of future AMD and competitor platforms by converting public disclosures, measured behavior, and platform observations into explicit architectural assumptions. You will develop comparative models for CPU front ends, execution resources, cache hierarchies, memory subsystems, and multi-socket behaviors while modeling constraints like memory bandwidth, PCIe, CXL, and power limits. Key responsibilities include performing bottleneck decomposition, creating microbenchmarks with workload engineers, and quantifying performance-per-watt implications. Required expertise includes deep knowledge of out-of-order pipelines, branch prediction, hardware performance counters, and system telemetry. You will use scripting and data analysis to translate incomplete roadmap information into technical narratives for both experts and decision-makers.
Python
Data Science
Bayesian Modeling
Monte Carlo Simulation
Probabilistic Programming
Uncertainty Quantification
CPU Architecture
Benchmark Analytics
Data Pipelines
Notebooks
System Performance
CPU Microarchitecture
ARM
RISC-V
x86
C
C++
Python
Perl
SIMD
Vector Architectures
Real-Time Operating Systems
Performance Modeling
Simulation
Compiler Infrastructure
Power Management
Signal Processing
CPU Architecture
C
C++
Python
Perl
RTL
SIMD
Microarchitecture
Compiler Technology
OS Internals
Performance Modeling
Computer Architecture
Systems Engineering
Hardware Engineering
Software Engineering