Systems Power and AI Analysis & Optimization Engineer

Amd

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TXMarkham, Ontario, Canada
Salary
$112,640–$168,960 / yr
Posted
18 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Aug 24, 2027

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $185k
This role $141k
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This role pays less than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $152,875–$216,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $141k versus about $185k 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 367 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Systems Power and AI Analysis & Optimization Engineer

As a Systems Power and AI Analysis & Optimization Engineer on the Client and Graphic System Architecture team, you will drive scalable and automated solutions to improve product development and validation. Your daily responsibilities include developing and automating system power modeling, creating new platform management framework feature sets, and tracking test execution across multiple teams to ensure features are validated and optimized. You will perform board-level debugging, root-cause analysis, and develop tools or scripts to enhance technical methodologies. The role requires expertise in analyzing platform power tradeoffs, thermal constraints, and AI workloads regarding memory and compute performance. Required skills include proficiency in C/C++, Perl, Ruby, or Python, along with experience using lab equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. You will solve complex system-level challenges involving battery life impacts and hardware-software modeling frameworks.

What you'll do

  • Develop and automate system power modeling to optimize performance and battery life.
  • Create new Platform Management Framework feature sets for client and graphic systems.
  • Drive technical innovation by developing tools, scripts, and improved procedural methodologies.
  • Perform board and platform-level debugging using lab equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
  • Analyze AI workloads at the system level including memory, compute, and power requirements.
  • Conduct root cause analysis to resolve complex hardware and software issues.
  • Track test execution across multiple teams to ensure features are validated and optimized on time.
  • Develop scripts and tools using languages such as C/C++, Python, Perl, or Ruby.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
  • Experience analyzing platform/system power, performance tradeoffs, battery life, and thermal constraints (preferred).
  • Ability to understand AI workloads at the system level including memory, compute, and power (preferred).
  • Experience with board/platform-level debugging, delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization (preferred).
  • Proficiency in programming or scripting languages such as C/C++, Perl, Ruby, or Python (preferred).
  • Experience using common lab equipment like protocol analyzers and oscilloscopes (preferred).
  • Knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategies (preferred).
  • Ability to develop scripts and tools for platform validation and root-cause analysis (preferred).

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