Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Director, AI Research

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $180K — $220K *
Santa Clara, CA 95051In-Person
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Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in AI/ML research and leadership roles
  • PhD in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent research experience
  • Demonstrated ability to translate research into production results
  • Strong expertise in reinforcement learning, large-scale model training, or AI-for-systems
  • Proficiency with the hardware-software stack for model training and inference
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-organizational influence
  • Proven track record in attracting and developing research talent

Responsibilities

  • Define and own an AI research agenda aligning with strategic priorities
  • Build and mentor a high-caliber team of AI researchers and engineers
  • Prioritize high-leverage research opportunities for AMD
  • Translate research into impactful hardware and software developments
  • Collaborate across teams to align research with real-world deployment
  • Establish trustworthy and reproducible evaluation and verification practices
  • Set and track measurable goals for research impact and influence
  • Represent AMD's research agenda to internal and external audiences
  • Stay updated on frontier AI research to identify new opportunities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive AMD benefits package
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Access to cutting-edge technology
  • Flexible work arrangements
Full Job Description
THE ROLE :

AMD is looking for a Director of AI Research to set and lead a research agenda at the intersection of frontier AI and AMD silicon. This is a senior leadership role for a researcher who can see across the full picture-reinforcement learning and model training, AI-for-systems, and the hardware and software that make large models fast-and turn that breadth into a focused, high-impact program.

THE PERSON:

You will build and lead a team of AI researchers and research engineers, set technical direction across multiple workstreams, and partner across AMD and with external collaborators to ensure research translates into real advantage-for AMD's products, its hardware roadmap, and the models that run on AMD platforms. The ideal candidate is a recognized technical leader with deep research credibility who can still go hands-on when it counts, and who knows how to turn open-ended research into measurable outcomes. We are open to candidates who want to remain hands-on as player-coaches as well as those who lead primarily through their teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Define and own a coherent AI research agenda spanning reinforcement learning, model training and optimization, and AI-for-systems, aligned to AMD's strategic priorities
  • Build, lead, and mentor a high-caliber team of AI researchers and research engineers; set research direction, hiring bar, and standards for technical excellence
  • Prioritize across competing research opportunities and focus the team on the work with the highest leverage for AMD
  • Ensure research translates into impact-influencing the hardware and software roadmap, improving model performance on AMD platforms, and strengthening external partnerships
  • Partner deeply across silicon, architecture, compiler, and software teams, and with external labs and collaborators, to ground research in real problems and real deployment
  • Build the evaluation, infrastructure, and verification practices that make research results trustworthy and reproducible
  • Set and track measurable goals for the research program-verifiable technical milestones, model and workload performance, and roadmap influence
  • Represent AMD's research agenda to executive leadership and to external partners; communicate results, trade-offs, and direction to both technical and business audiences
  • Attract, hire, and develop top AI research talent, and help build AMD's reputation as a destination for serious AI research
  • Stay at the frontier of AI research and translate emerging techniques into opportunity for AMD


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Demonstrated technical leadership in AI/ML research, with a strong track record of impactful published work and/or research shipped into production or frontier models
  • Deep, current expertise in one or more core areas-reinforcement learning, large-scale model training, AI-for-systems, or AI performance optimization-with the breadth to lead across several
  • Experience leading research teams and setting technical direction across multiple concurrent programs
  • Strong understanding of the hardware-software stack underpinning large-model training and inference
  • Ability to remain hands-on with training pipelines, research prototyping, or systems work while leading a team
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence executives, partners, and engineers across organizational boundaries
  • Track record of attracting, hiring, and developing top AI research talent


ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
  • PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent research experience and demonstrated impact


Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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Learn more about Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
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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