Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Principal Platform System Engineering Lead

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc$150K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in platform architecture or system management roles, particularly in datacenter or HPC environments.
  • Expertise in BMC/embedded firmware and server manageability practices.
  • Hands-on experience with DMTF Redfish and OpenBMC technologies.
  • Proficiency in programming/scripting languages such as C/C++ and Python.
  • Strong knowledge of server RAS features and secure manageability architectures.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Define and manage the architecture for rack-scale serviceability and telemetry across AMD's product lines.
  • Establish standards strategies and interface architectures using industry specifications like DMTF Redfish.
  • Direct the implementation of OpenBMC-based solutions for server management.
  • Architect telemetry frameworks for comprehensive health and performance monitoring.
  • Develop serviceability workflows for diagnostics, recovery, and firmware management.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on technical requirements and architecture development.
  • Mentor and guide engineers in best practices and architectural standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • A 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
  • Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid working options.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday policies.
Full Job Description
THE ROLE

AMD is seeking a highly technical leader to support platform architecture, serviceability, telemetry, and associated debug across AMD Instinct™ AI platforms. This role combines architecture ownership with hands-on execution, root-cause analysis, and deployment readiness across BMC, platform firmware, system software, and management infrastructure.

THE PERSON

Own the architecture, execution, and technical leadership of AMD Instinct platform management and serviceability solutions, serving as the subject matter expert for BMC, Redfish, telemetry, diagnostics, observability, and platform-level debug while ensuring deployment readiness and customer success.

Success is measured by architecture delivery, faster root-cause resolution, improved serviceability, enhanced telemetry coverage, and reduced customer-impacting issues.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Own architecture for platform management, serviceability, diagnostics, and observability.
  • Define and drive BMC, Redfish, telemetry, inventory management, and health monitoring solutions.
  • Lead cross-functional debug and root-cause analysis of platform issues spanning hardware, firmware, BMC, and software.
  • Drive customer escalations, deployment readiness, and field issue resolution.
  • Establish diagnostic frameworks, debug methodologies, and serviceability requirements.
  • Partner with silicon, platform, firmware, software, validation, and customer engineering teams.
  • Influence future platform management architecture and industry standards adoption.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
  • Strong background in server, AI accelerator, GPU, or datacenter platforms.
  • Deep expertise in BMC architecture and OpenBMC environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Redfish, PLDM, MCTP, IPMI, and DMTF standards.
  • Knowledge of I2C, SMBus, PMBus, SPI, PCIe, UART, and platform sideband interfaces.
  • Experience in telemetry, sensors, event logging, diagnostics, and root-cause analysis.
  • Proven ability to lead complex technical investigations and drive issue closure across organizations.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
  • Experience with hyperscale datacenter deployments.
  • Understanding of RAS, fault management, and serviceability architectures.
  • Strong automation and debug tooling experience.
  • Experience supporting customer escalations and production platforms.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field. Advanced degree preferred.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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Size
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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