Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Hardware Management Architect

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $130K — $180K *
Santa Clara, CA 95051In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven hardware management architectural leadership in complex compute or embedded products.
  • Deep understanding of hardware-software co-design for system management features.
  • Strong knowledge of hardware-related system manageability standards/protocols (IPMI, Redfish, SNMP, SMBus/I²C, SPI).
  • Board-level hardware design experience including schematic creation and layout review.
  • Expertise in power, thermal, and fault management circuitry design.
  • Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, particularly with lab instruments.
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally in large-scale engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and specify hardware platforms for system management functionality including BMCs and PMCs.
  • Partner with architects to ensure optimal hardware-software integration.
  • Develop and maintain various architecture documentation such as block diagrams and design guidelines.
  • Identify and evaluate new technologies for improving reliability, scalability, and security.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and protocols.
  • Conduct design reviews and guide development teams on implementations.
  • Support bring-up and validation of system management functionality in prototypes and production hardware.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive AMD benefits package.
Full Job Description
THE ROLE:

We are seeking a dynamic, energetic Hardware Management Architect for our next-generation products. In this role you will focus on the conception, definition, and detailed design of hardware elements that enable hardware management features - such as monitoring, diagnostics, control, and out-of-band management. The Architect will work closely with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of robust, secure, and scalable management hardware solutions aligned with product and business requirements.

THE PERSON:

You are a recognized subject matter expert in hardware management architecture with a proven ability to influence engineering direction across multiple programs. You bring broad cross-domain experience and strong communication skills to align hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing stakeholders. You are comfortable making tradeoffs to balance performance, cost, schedule, and risk, and you mentor engineers on architecture best practices, design patterns, and system-level thinking. You make data-driven decisions, provide clear technical guidance, and raise engineering quality through coaching and leadership.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Architect and specify hardware platforms for system management functionality, including design of Baseboard Management Controllers (BMC), Power Management Controller (PMC), sensor arrays, power monitoring/control circuitry, and interface components.
  • Partner with platform/firmware/software architects to ensure optimal hardware-software integration for management features.
  • Develop and maintain architecture documentation: block diagrams, functional requirements, hardware interface specifications, and design guidelines.Identify and evaluate new technologies/components that improve reliability, scalability, power efficiency, and security in system management hardware.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and protocols including IPMI, Redfish, SMBus/I²C, SPI, PCIe, Ethernet.
  • Conduct design reviews and guide development teams in implementing system management hardware.
  • Support bring-up, validation, and troubleshooting of system management functionality in engineering prototypes and production hardware.
  • Serve as a technical mentor to junior engineers and contribute to internal best-practice libraries.
  • Collaborate on manufacturing test strategies and field diagnostic procedures for management features.


QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Proven hardware management architectural leadership in complex compute or embedded products.
  • Deep understanding of hardware-software co-design for system management features.
  • Strong knowledge of hardware-related system manageability standards/protocols (IPMI, Redfish, SNMP, SMBus/I²C, SPI).
  • Board-level hardware design experience: schematic creation, layout review, signal integrity/power integrity considerations.
  • Expertise in power, thermal, and fault management circuitry design.
  • Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills (lab instrumentation, analyzers, oscilloscopes).
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally in large-scale engineering organizations.


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Experience designing hardware for high-density servers, networking appliances, or telecommunications systems.
  • Experience in modeling hardware components with FPGAs.
  • Exposure to hardware security concepts related to system management (secure boot, trusted platform modules).
  • Familiarity with manufacturing and field support processes for system management hardware.
  • Strong technical writing and documentation skills.


ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.


Location:
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • Austin, TX
  • Seattle, WA


This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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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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