Virtualization Engineer

Amd

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX
Salary
$200,800–$301,200 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 23, 2027

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Above market

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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 496 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Virtualization Engineer

JOB TITLE: Virtualization Engineer The Software and Solutions Team is seeking a Virtualization Engineer to advance AMD’s virtualization and platform software ecosystem. This role involves supporting Linux systems, hypervisors, and low-level platform software through performance analysis, automation, debugging, and development. You will drive VMware enablement for AMD platforms and GPUs, perform hardware bring-up support, and resolve complex issues on VMware ESXi. Key responsibilities include validating software features, optimizing VMware workloads, and building automation frameworks. You must possess deep experience with VMware VCF, vSphere/ESX, NSX, and x86_64 architecture. Proficiency in C and Python is required for systems work and debugging. You will collaborate with internal teams, OEMs, and enterprise customers to solve system-level challenges, provide technical leadership, and deliver performance tunings for real-world production environments.

What you'll do

  • Drive enablement for AMD platforms and GPUs in VMware VCF environments to unblock internal validation and customer adoption.
  • Support hardware bring-up by triaging issues involving firmware, BIOS settings, and OS/hypervisor interactions.
  • Analyze and debug complex kernel and system-level issues on VMware ESXi to identify root causes.
  • Validate and optimize software features for platform integration and system-level behavior under real workloads.
  • Perform performance analysis and tuning for VMware workloads to identify bottlenecks and deliver actionable fixes.
  • Build and maintain Python automation frameworks to improve validation coverage and performance triage efficiency.
  • Engage directly with enterprise customers and OEMs to drive POCs, triage escalations, and deliver technical solutions.
  • Publish technical tuning guides, performance data, and best practices for external-facing collateral.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in Linux systems, hypervisors, and low-level platform software.
  • Ability to analyze, debug, and resolve complex issues on VMware ESXi at the kernel and system level.
  • Experience performing performance analysis, tuning, and optimization for VMware workloads on AMD platforms.
  • Proficiency in C, Python, and scripting for systems work, debugging, tooling, and automation.
  • Experience building or maintaining automation frameworks for system software validation and performance workflows (preferred).
  • Experience working directly with enterprise customers, OEMs, and OS partners to drive virtualization solutions (preferred).
  • Familiarity with virtualization software across the industry, such as Nutanix AHV or KVM-based stacks (preferred).
  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (preferred).

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