Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Datacenter and AI Infrastructure Silicon Performance Architect

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc$130K — $180K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in performance engineering or related fields
  • Expertise in CPU, GPU, or computer system microarchitecture
  • Proficient in microarchitecture principles and methods relevant to performance engineering
  • Familiarity with SoC performance analysis and hardware performance monitors
  • Background in datacenter and AI workload analysis
  • Experience with multi-core systems and performance optimization techniques
  • Understanding of IO subsystem microarchitecture, particularly PCI-E/CXL protocols

Responsibilities

  • Improve Cloud and AI Infrastructure performance through hardware/software co-optimization
  • Collaborate with performance experts from partner companies to resolve issues
  • Conduct workload analysis to identify performance improvement opportunities
  • Develop AI/ML-based infrastructure for automated performance analysis
  • Stay current with trends in CPU architecture and performance modeling
  • Evaluate emerging tools and techniques for competitive advantage

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package
  • Award-winning company culture
  • Opportunities for career growth and development
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Focus on performance innovation and cutting-edge technology
Full Job Description
THE ROLE:

At AMD, we focus on providing the highest performance computing products to the industry's leading enterprise and cloud providers. In the AMD Server Performance Group, we build on our depth in microarchitecture knowledge and simulation to analyze and optimize high-performance System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designs for critical areas such as AI/ML, cloud computing, and high-performance computing.

We work closely with our partners to ensure that we provide the best performance solutions for their applications and infrastructure computing offerings. We also work closely with the silicon design teams to influence next generation server compute products. Typical roles include performance analysis of the hardware microarchitecture and software stack as well as performance model development. As a senior member of the technical team you'll be leading projects that are critical to AMD's server business segment.

Candidates seeking the most sophisticated and exciting challenges in the computing industry are encouraged to apply. We are passionate about performance innovation. Check out our opportunity. We have a competitive benefits package and an award-winning culture. Join us!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Responsible for improving Cloud and AI Infrastructure performance through hardware & software co-optimization, post-silicon performance analysis, and influencing the strategic product roadmap.


  • Collaboration with performance experts from our key partner companies to resolve performance issues and optimize the performance and TCO of their AMD datacenter technologies.


  • Workload analysis and characterization of AMD and competitive datacenter and AI solutions to identify opportunities for performance improvement in our products.


  • Drive the development of AI/ML-based infrastructure to automate performance analysis, anomaly detection, and efficiency improvements.


  • Stay current with trends in CPU architecture, performance modeling, and analysis technologies.


  • Evaluate and adopt emerging tools and techniques to maintain a competitive edge.


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Experience with CPU, GPU, or computer system microarchitecture (ideally familiarity with all three)
  • Proficiency in principles and methods of microarchitecture, software, and hardware relevant to performance engineering
  • Proficiency with SoC and system performance analysis fundamentals, tools, and techniques including hardware performance monitors and PERF profiling
  • Experience with datacenter and AI workload analysis
  • Experience with multi-core systems and multi-thread interactions
  • Experience analyzing and optimizing workloads.
  • Experience in IO subsystem microarchitecture performance modeling and strong background in PCI-E/CXL microarchitecture and protocols


ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field preferred
  • Master's or Ph.D. with an emphasis on Computer Architecture and Performance Analysis of Server Workloads preferred.


LOCATION: Austin, Tx

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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15,500 employees
Market Cap
$100.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+30.9%
Revenue
$9.7 billion
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