Lead Software System Design Eng

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LEAD SOFTWARE SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEER
The Role
The right engineer will drive the success of power IP (Intellectual Property) and features in AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) products through leadership & coordination, resolution of technical dependencies, and achievement of schedule commits. This is a high-visibility and widely multi-functional role, spanning pre-silicon architecture to post-silicon implementation & product delivery.

The Person
Your curiosity will drive your learning and innovation to improve how we as a group, and an organization, can get better every day. Your peers will provide you a results-oriented and encouraging environment for your career growth, fueling your opportunity to be a part of Delighting Our Customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development, post silicon firmware support mainly focusing on memory subsystems,initialization, training etc.
• Work across engineering teams and subject areas spanning silicon, firmware, hardware, and software
• Coordinate debug of issues and drive them to closure
• Pull together meetings, set up clear agendas and follow up on action items
• Deliver regular progress updates toward program goals
• Make tough decisions such as priority calls based on partial or incomplete data
• Pro-actively drive continuous improvement for post-silicon memory related features
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion

Preferred Experience

• Own memory subsystem bring-up including DDR and/or HBM initialization, training, and validation during early boot stages.
• Strong proficiency in debugging techniques using GDB and JTAG.
• In-depth understanding of processor architecture and embedded systems design.
• Excellent programming skills in C for low-level hardware manipulation.
• Basic knowledge of scripting languages like Python.
• In-depth knowledge of the different memory technologies
• Strong understanding of x86,x64 architecture.
• Experience using debugging tools like AMD HDT, ITP, and Lauterbach.
• Good understanding of task prioritization and inter-process communication.
• Product development or systems engineering background with hardware platforms and their software & firmware ecosystems
• Excellent verbal communication and written, presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, planning, and technical leadership skills
• Experience working in a fast-paced matrixed technical organization and multi-site environment

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or equivalent

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