Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

AI/HPC Cluster Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in systems engineering for HPC and AI environments
  • Strong technical expertise in compute, storage, and networking components
  • Proven ability to design systems tailored to specific customer needs
  • Familiar with GPU/CPU architecture and relevant networking technologies
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field

Responsibilities

  • Design scalable AI/HPC clusters focusing on compute, storage, and networking
  • Evaluate and select CPUs, GPUs, and memory configurations for performance optimization
  • Develop network topologies to enhance overall cluster efficiency
  • Assess network performance needs for various workloads
  • Optimize storage solutions for AI/HPC cluster performance
  • Collaborate with experts across hardware, software, and operations to ensure effective infrastructure delivery

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Employee training and development opportunities
  • Opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge AI technologies
Full Job Description
THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced AI systems engineer to design scalable AI/HPC clusters with specific focus on compliance with customer and/or design requirements. This role involves reviewing and selecting compute, storage, networking, and power delivery components and solutions to optimize performance and reliability across global deployments. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing workloads.

THE PERSON

An experienced systems engineer with a strong background in HPC, AI systems, and cluster engineering. You bring deep technical knowledge of compute, power, and networking components, a strategic mindset for system-level design, and the ability to collaborate across diverse technical domains. You thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about building efficient, scalable, and reliable compute platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

System Architecture & Design
  • Design scalable AI/HPC clusters including compute, storage, and networking
  • Evaluate and select CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, interconnects, and memory configurations for optimal cluster performance.


Network
  • Design network topologies to maximize overall cluster performance
  • Understand the network performance needs of different types of workloads
  • Understand advantages and performance trade-offs of network topologies for AI/HPC clusters


Storage
  • Design and optimize storage solutions to maximize AI/HPC cluster performance
  • Understand advantages and performance trade-offs of cluster storage solutions, e.g. Lustre, Ceph, etc.


Collaboration
  • Work across multiple organizations with subject matter experts from hardware, software, network, data center, and operations teams to deliver scalable, efficient, and reliable compute infrastructure.
  • Experience in HPC, AI systems/clusters, or data center engineering.
  • Strong understanding of rack and cluster design
  • Knowledge of GPU/CPU architectures, PCIe, UALink, InfiniBand, and Ethernet networking.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and workload characteristics.
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in HPC, AI infrastructure, or data center systems engineering.
  • Experience designing power delivery solutions for racks and data centers
  • Contributions to open-source HPC or AI infrastructure projects.

Academic Credentials

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field.

This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship

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Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
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$9.7 billion
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