Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Debug Program Manager

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $120K — $160K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
Technical Services
11 - 15 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in semiconductor industry
  • Hands-on experience with pre-silicon and post-silicon debug
  • Strong background in product engineering, validation, failure analysis, or customer engineering
  • Experience managing complex debug programs across multiple customer segments
  • Strong program management skills with a global, cross-functional approach
  • Excellent communication skills for executive-level engagement

Responsibilities

  • Lead debug execution across various customer programs
  • Partner with Customer Program Managers for alignment on deliverables and schedules
  • Drive cross-functional debug efforts connecting design and validation with field applications
  • Manage resolution of field failures and anomalies for data center reliability
  • Own debug tracking and risk management, applying structured methodologies

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • Generous paid time off and flexible working arrangements
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Wellness programs and resources
Full Job Description
Debug Program Manager - Customer Programs

The Position

This role serves as the debug execution backbone of AMD's Customer Program Management organization, driving complex silicon, system, and fleet-level issues to resolution across all major customer segments. The Debug Program Manager plays a critical role in ensuring customer success, product quality, and large-scale deployment confidence through disciplined, end-to-end debug execution.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact position requiring deep technical expertise and strong cross-functional program leadership.

The Role

The Debug Program Manager is a senior technical leader responsible for driving structured debug execution across silicon development and post-launch customer deployments. Operating at the intersection of design, validation, product engineering, failure analysis, and customer engineering, this role ensures rapid triage, root cause isolation, and durable resolution of high-severity issues.

The position reports to the Customer Program Management leader supporting AMD's data center customer portfolio, including MDC/CST, OEM, HPC, and Enterprise AI segments, with broad horizontal accountability across programs and organizations.

Core Competencies
  • Silicon Debug Expertise: Deep hands-on understanding of pre-silicon and post-silicon debug across CPU, GPU, and SoC platforms
  • Program Execution Under Ambiguity: Ability to translate fragmented data and ambiguous failure modes into structured debug programs with clear hypotheses, ownership, and milestones
  • Customer Escalation Leadership: Proven ability to manage critical customer issues across hyperscale, OEM, and enterprise environments
  • Cross-Portfolio Influence: Effectively drives alignment and execution across engineering, CPMs, and customers without direct authority
  • Executive Communication: Distills complex technical issues into clear, decision-oriented messaging for senior leadership and customers


Responsibilities
  • Debug Program Leadership - Lead debug execution across hyperscale, OEM, HPC, and enterprise customer programs. Own high-impact, cross-customer and systemic issues and maintain visibility into top risks and trends.
  • Customer Program Integration - Partner with Customer Program Managers to align debug execution with customer deliverables, platform readiness, and deployment schedules. Support escalations and executive-level customer engagements.
  • Technical Debug Coordination - Drive cross-functional debug efforts across design, validation, product engineering, and failure analysis. Align pre- and post-silicon debug strategies and connect lab debug to real-world customer environments.
  • Field Failure & Fleet Quality Management - Lead resolution of field failures, fleet anomalies, and data center reliability issues. Aggregate fleet, RMA, and production signals and feed learnings back into design, validation, and manufacturing.
  • Governance & Process Improvement - Own debug tracking, prioritization, risk management, and executive reporting. Apply structured methodologies (8D, CAPA, FMEA) and drive continuous improvement in execution speed and consistency.


Qualifications
  • 12+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry
  • Deep hands-on experience with silicon debug (pre-silicon and post-silicon)
  • Strong background in product engineering, validation, failure analysis, or customer engineering
  • Proven experience managing complex debug programs across multiple customer segments
  • Strong program management skills with ability to drive execution across global, cross-functional teams
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level engagement

Preferred
  • Experience supporting data center, hyperscale, OEM, HPC, or enterprise AI deployments
  • Deep understanding of data center system architecture (CPU, GPU, memory, I/O, RAS, hotplug)
  • Familiarity with manufacturing and test flows
  • Knowledge of reliability and quality metrics (yield, DPM, FIT)


Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field required
  • Advanced degree preferred


Location:

Austin, TX

Santa Clara, CA

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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Size
15,500 employees
Market Cap
$100.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+30.9%
Revenue
$9.7 billion
NASDAQ
AMD
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