Senior Engineering Leader: Developer SDKs for Embedded Markets

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CASanta Clara, CAAustin, TX
Salary
$275,200–$412,800 / yr
Posted
102 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Jul 17, 2027

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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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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Leader: Developer SDKs for Embedded Markets

JOB TITLE: Sr. Engineering Leader: Developer SDKs for Embedded Markets As a senior engineering leader, you will define, build, and scale a portfolio of world-class SDKs for embedded markets. You will own the end-to-end SDK strategy, including architecture, roadmap, engineering execution, and developer experience. Your daily work involves leading global teams to build video analytics pipelines, high-speed graph runtimes for heterogeneous sensor dataflow, and distributed communication middleware. You will ensure performance on AMD CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs while managing mixed-criticality real-time constraints and time synchronization. Key technologies include GStreamer-class architectures, OpenCV ecosystems, ROS2-adjacent integrations, and DDS-class concepts. You will solve complex problems in sensor ingestion, deterministic pipeline behavior, and memory efficiency for robotics, industrial, automotive, and medical applications, ensuring seamless integration for developers through robust tooling and documentation.

What you'll do

  • Define the end-to-end architecture for video analytics, high-speed graph runtimes, and distributed communication middleware.
  • Own the system design for heterogeneous sensor ingestion, including time synchronization and deterministic pipeline behavior.
  • Ensure SDK support for mixed-criticality systems with real-time determinism, fault containment, and memory efficiency.
  • Deliver high-quality developer experiences through simple APIs, comprehensive documentation, and profiling/tracing tools.
  • Establish packaging and distribution strategies including versioning, container images, and cross-compile toolchains.
  • Drive the SDK roadmap, feature prioritization, and release trains while enforcing CI/CD quality gates.
  • Partner with ISVs, OEMs, and robotics providers to ensure ecosystem adoption and market competitiveness.
  • Hire, mentor, and scale global engineering teams across runtime, multimedia, and developer tooling modules.

What we're looking for

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent with direct experience.
  • Deep hands-on expertise in heterogeneous sensor pipelines, time synchronization, mixed-criticality real-time constraints, and distributed systems.
  • Experience leading global engineering teams and owning end-to-end SDK strategy, architecture, and roadmap.
  • Experience building cohesive developer SDKs, including APIs, samples, documentation, and packaging (preferred).
  • Experience building developer SDKs for embedded/edge markets such as robotics, industrial, automotive, or medical (preferred).
  • Experience with ROS2 ecosystems and autonomy stack integration (differentiating).
  • Expertise in time synchronization and multi-sensor fusion plumbing (differentiating).
  • Background in safety and certification adjacent practices (differentiating).

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