Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Lead AI Research Scientist, Hardware AI Systems

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $130K — $180K *
Santa Clara, CA 95051In-Person
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in machine learning and artificial intelligence research
  • Expertise in transfer learning, meta-learning, and reinforcement learning
  • Experience in hardware development such as RTL, verification, or physical design
  • Familiarity with Large Language Models and their applications in toolchains
  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or closely related field preferred

Responsibilities

  • Research and implement transfer and multi-task learning for engineering agents
  • Develop policies for metareasoning to optimize EDA steps and manage tool failures
  • Create benchmarks and datasets to track generalization capabilities and improvements
  • Collaborate with reinforcement learning scientists for effective reward design
  • Publish research findings in reputable venues and maintain internal standards for generalization claims

Benefits

  • Comprehensive AMD benefits
  • Work in a hybrid setting allowing flexibility
  • Opportunities for professional development and collaboration with experts
Full Job Description
THE ROLE:

We are hiring a Lead AI Research Scientist, Hardware AI Systems, to develop AI systems that generalize across hardware engineering contexts, different SoC programs, toolchains, process nodes, and teams, without bespoke retraining for every program. You will work on metareasoning (when to call which tool or simulator), representation learning across flows (RTL, verification, physical design), and learning under high- or mixed-latency rewards typical of silicon signoff. You partner with methodology and silicon teams to turn one-off wins into reusable models, benchmarks, and transfer protocols that compound across AMD's roadmap.

THE PERSON:

You think in distribution shift, domain adaptation, and structured priors-not only bigger models. You respect domain experts and treat their time and signoff criteria as first-class constraints in problem formulation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Research transfer and multi-task learning for engineering agents across IP blocks, tools, and program generations
  • Develop metareasoning policies for budgeting expensive EDA steps, selecting abstractions, and recovering from tool or data failures
  • Build cross-program benchmarks and datasets that expose generalization gaps and track progress over time
  • Collaborate with RL scientists on reward shaping and credit assignment when feedback is slow or heterogeneous
  • Publish at top venues where appropriate; maintain internal technical standards for "generalization claims" backed by evidence

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Deep technical expertise and proven research experience in machine learning (ML), with emphasis on transfer learning, meta-learning, intelligent agents, and long-horizon reinforcement learning (RL).
  • Exposure to hardware development (RTL, verification, PD, or bring-up) or willingness to ramp with embedded experts
  • Experience with Large Language Models (LLM) tool use, planning, or hierarchical control in real toolchains

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field strongly preferred.


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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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