Software Validation Engineer

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.

MTS 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:   

• Receives assignments in the form of objectives with goals and the process by which to
  meet those goals.
• Provides direction to employees according to established policies and management guidance.
• Responsible to drive AMD's new GPU/System bring up, ROCm SW stack testing, quality and performance timeliness of result for a portion of project/process.
• Management reviews work to measure meeting of objectives, process adherence and quality standards defined. 
• Participate in making more complex technical decisions for the product.
• Implement checks and balances independently to minimize the impact of mistakes.
• Lead collaborative approaches with multiple teams.  
• Coach and Mentor staff to achieve their bussines goals and be a solution provider for their challenges.
• Establishing and sharing best practices.
• Lead by an example and promote the AMD Culture

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:   

• Good understanding of test lifecycle, QA process & terminology.
• Strong knowledge of Device drivers, graphics, multimedia, Codec.
• Handling of Test Execution infra in an automation lab with multiple systems.
• Proven track record of every stages of QA and Defect life cycle.
• Strong understanding & Hands-on exp. with Linux OS internals, device manager.
• Hands-on issue debugging skills, issue isolation with Linux kernel, driver module level.
• Strong understanding of PC hardware, SoC, Chipsets, Graphics cards, BIOS & VBIOS.
• Understanding machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision technologies is a plus.
• Good verbal & written communication skill is a must.
• Good attitude, result-driven & ability to make team deliver on next-gen technology.
• Knowledge of KVM/XEN/VMWARE is a plus 
• 10+ years of relevant work experience

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

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

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