Manager - System Power & Performance (PnP)

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career. Manager, System Power & Performance (Post-Silicon) About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Manager to lead the System Power & Performance (PnP) team for AMD’s next-generation x86 SoCs. This team plays a critical role in post-silicon validation, characterization, profiling, and optimization to deliver industry-leading performance across diverse markets, including automotive IVI, networking, storage, and industrial segments. As the System PnP Manager, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for ensuring that AMD SoCs achieve their peak performance, efficiency, and competitiveness. You will drive end-to-end PnP activities — from silicon bring-up and performance characterization, to profiling, optimization, competitive benchmarking, and delivering customer-facing performance collateral. This role requires strong technical expertise in SoC performance, combined with team leadership and cross-functional collaboration to work with architects, design, firmware, software, and customer engineering teams. Key Responsibilities Leadership & Team Management Lead and grow a team of engineers focused on post-silicon power & performance validation. Define team goals, priorities, and execution plans in alignment with SoC program milestones. Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and performance feedback to team members. Post-Silicon PnP Execution Own performance characterization of key IPs (CPU, GPU, NPU, Memory, Storage, Interconnect). Drive system-level profiling, optimization, and debugging to extract the best performance from silicon. Identify, root-cause, and resolve performance bottlenecks across the SoC and system stack. Validate and optimize DVFS, power states, and performance tuning knobs. Benchmarking & Competitive Analysis Run industry-standard workloads and benchmarks (SPEC, MLPerf, multimedia, networking, storage). Perform competitive benchmarking against peer SoCs to highlight AMD advantages and gaps. Deliver comprehensive performance reports to product, architecture, and leadership teams. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with architecture teams to correlate pre-silicon models with silicon results. Collaborate with firmware/software teams to optimize OS, drivers, and workloads for maximum efficiency. Work with customer engineering to ensure that AMD delivers best-in-class PnP results for customer use-cases. Documentation & Reporting Define standard methodologies for performance measurement and reporting. Create and maintain performance documentation, dashboards, and collateral for internal and external stakeholders. Present key findings, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field. 10+ years of experience in SoC/system-level performance engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or management role. Strong expertise in post-silicon power/performance validation for complex SoCs. Deep understanding of x86 SoC architecture and subsystems (CPU, GPU, NPU, memory, interconnect, storage). Hands-on experience with benchmarking, profiling tools, and workload analysis. Proven ability to lead teams, set strategy, and execute under tight program schedules. Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience with automotive IVI, networking, storage, or industrial use-cases. Strong background in competitive benchmarking and performance vs. power tradeoff analysis. Familiarity with pre-silicon modeling and post-silicon correlation. Ability to influence senior stakeholders with data-driven insights and recommendations. What We Offer Opportunity to lead AMD’s system-level power & performance validation for cutting-edge x86 SoCs. High-impact role with visibility across product, architecture, and customer leadership. Collaborative and innovative work culture, with opportunities to grow into senior technical or organizational leadership roles. Be part of a team shaping AMD’s competitiveness in automotive, networking, storage, and industrial markets. #LI-NR1 Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance. AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.Manager, System Power & Performance (Post-Silicon) About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Manager to lead the System Power & Performance (PnP) team for AMD’s next-generation x86 SoCs. This team plays a critical role in post-silicon validation, characterization, profiling, and optimization to deliver industry-leading performance across diverse markets, including automotive IVI, networking, storage, and industrial segments. As the System PnP Manager, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for ensuring that AMD SoCs achieve their peak performance, efficiency, and competitiveness. You will drive end-to-end PnP activities — from silicon bring-up and performance characterization, to profiling, optimization, competitive benchmarking, and delivering customer-facing performance collateral. This role requires strong technical expertise in SoC performance, combined with team leadership and cross-functional collaboration to work with architects, design, firmware, software, and customer engineering teams. Key Responsibilities Leadership & Team Management Lead and grow a team of engineers focused on post-silicon power & performance validation. Define team goals, priorities, and execution plans in alignment with SoC program milestones. Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and performance feedback to team members. Post-Silicon PnP Execution Own performance characterization of key IPs (CPU, GPU, NPU, Memory, Storage, Interconnect). Drive system-level profiling, optimization, and debugging to extract the best performance from silicon. Identify, root-cause, and resolve performance bottlenecks across the SoC and system stack. Validate and optimize DVFS, power states, and performance tuning knobs. Benchmarking & Competitive Analysis Run industry-standard workloads and benchmarks (SPEC, MLPerf, multimedia, networking, storage). Perform competitive benchmarking against peer SoCs to highlight AMD advantages and gaps. Deliver comprehensive performance reports to product, architecture, and leadership teams. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with architecture teams to correlate pre-silicon models with silicon results. Collaborate with firmware/software teams to optimize OS, drivers, and workloads for maximum efficiency. Work with customer engineering to ensure that AMD delivers best-in-class PnP results for customer use-cases. Documentation & Reporting Define standard methodologies for performance measurement and reporting. Create and maintain performance documentation, dashboards, and collateral for internal and external stakeholders. Present key findings, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field. 10+ years of experience in SoC/system-level performance engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or management role. Strong expertise in post-silicon power/performance validation for complex SoCs. Deep understanding of x86 SoC architecture and subsystems (CPU, GPU, NPU, memory, interconnect, storage). Hands-on experience with benchmarking, profiling tools, and workload analysis. Proven ability to lead teams, set strategy, and execute under tight program schedules. Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience with automotive IVI, networking, storage, or industrial use-cases. Strong background in competitive benchmarking and performance vs. power tradeoff analysis. Familiarity with pre-silicon modeling and post-silicon correlation. Ability to influence senior stakeholders with data-driven insights and recommendations. What We Offer Opportunity to lead AMD’s system-level power & performance validation for cutting-edge x86 SoCs. High-impact role with visibility across product, architecture, and customer leadership. Collaborative and innovative work culture, with opportunities to grow into senior technical or organizational leadership roles. Be part of a team shaping AMD’s competitiveness in automotive, networking, storage, and industrial markets. #LI-NR1Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance. AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.