AI/ML Systems Architect

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THE ROLE:

AMD is searching for engineering talent to set and drive future systems level vision and technical requirements for AMDs Data Center Systems Group (DSG).  This individual will join a team of seasoned system architects and strategists spanning hardware and software, from node level to rack level design, from BIOS and security to cloud native cloud computing, from memory technologies to high performance fabrics, AI/ML to Server/Storage, Cloud and more.  The DSG Architecture and Strategy team’s goal is to drive our technical strategy to inform and influence AMD’s Enterprise products, optimized for the vision of the future via collaboration with internal stakeholders, customers, end users, and strategic partners.

THE PERSON:

Ideal candidates will have broad and deep system technology backgrounds, experience developing, influencing, and collaborating on strategy.  Ability to translate workload/application trends to system and SOC implications across the entire HW and SW stack.

• Ability to translate highly technical concepts into actionable plans.
• Ability to drive hands on proof of concepts to collect data and facts.
• Exceptional communication skills to address multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Skill in analyzing tradeoffs and making analytical, fact-based recommendations that have substantial technical, business, and financial impacts.
• Ability to guide product definition using credible insights developed by interacting with end customers, ISVs/IHVs, and strategic partners.
• Ability to build relationships with strategic customers and partners to ensure that AMD enterprise and embedded products are built to match the evolving needs of the market.
• Collaboration skills to engage a team of engineering, product management and business development professionals to achieve outstanding business results.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with SoC design teams and product management in providing a unified and clear platform / system level vision to influence AMDs SoC roadmap.
• Drive reference platform requirements and partner with engineering on balance of internal / external execution.
• Drive workload and application-level strategies internally and with industry partners / ecosystem.
• Represent AMD datacenter system level vision in industry consortiums, events, and strategic partnerships as well as driving industry standards.
• Work with OEMs, end customers, ISV/IHV partners to drive workload and use case plans that facilitate joint roadmap definition.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Desired candidates will have experience in most of the areas below:
• Experience as lead HW architect/engineer for Enterprise compute platforms for markets such as AI/ML, Enterprise, Cloud, Storage, or HPC compute platforms
• Deep understanding of computer architectures based on CPUs
• X86 experience highly desired.  Experience with other CPU architectures a plus
• Experience architecting platforms specifically for AI/ML accelerators and corresponding workloads.
• Experience developing platforms with high-speed digital design and interconnects and a thorough understanding of the engineering tradeoffs involved
• Networking & IO experience (i.e Ethernet, Infiniband, SmartNics, Fabrics, NVMeoF, PCIe, CxL, GenZ)
• Experience designing datacenter platform and rack level power and cooling infrastructures.
• Experience working within industry standards organizations

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

LOCATION:

Team based out of Austin, Texas.  Will consider remote applicants.

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