Principal Systems Design Engineer

Amd

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Work type: On-site
Location: —
Salary: $229,600–$344,400 / yr
Posted: 150 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: May 7, 2027

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How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $287k

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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $157,875–$215,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $287k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

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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 512 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,400–$249,600 across 512 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Systems Design Engineer

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The Principal Systems Design Engineer joins the Systems Design Engineering team to drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions for product development, definition, and root cause resolution. In this high-visibility role, you will design and implement compilers based on MLIR fused models to execute effectively on NPU and GPU hardware. Daily responsibilities include debugging issues during system integration, optimizing performance through fusion and tiling strategies, and collaborating with multiple teams to track test execution for feature validation. The ideal candidate possesses extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy. Required skills include programming in C/C++, Perl, Ruby, or Python, along with strong analytical problem-solving abilities. This role focuses on the technical challenges of optimizing hardware performance and ensuring accurate results within complex computing environments for advanced processor technologies.

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