Post-Silicon System Debug Engineer

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THE ROLE: 

As a member of the AMD Server Design Health Team, you will use your software engineering skills and knowledge of CPU hardware design to create, enhance, and maintain tools and system level tests to stress AMD’s parts for both functional and operation quality.  You will be responsible to drive systematic improvements in our stress and feature coverage tools based on your findings and expertise. You will work as part of a broader team to help improve the time-to-market, quality, and reliability of AMD’s Servers.

THE PERSON:

You approach challenges with persistence and creativity. You work as part of a team with strong communication and collaboration skills. You have a solid understanding of both hardware and software, strong problem-solving skills, and drive to understand and learn. You are comfortable working hands-on and contributing proactively to team goals to build world class tools to test and stress AMD designs and products. Does this describe you? If so, then join us!

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Will provide Silicon Chip Bring-up, Post-Silicon Validation and Debug.
• Collaborate closely with design teams to understand the AMD SOCs and various features within it to and how to fully stress AMD’s Servers.
• Create, enhance, and maintain x86 diagnostic tools to stress AMD’s Servers.
• Analyze and optimize the performance x86 diagnostic tools for AMD server systems to ensure operation correctness at peak efficiency.
• Support these tools with education and training.
• Promptly addressing issues and making enhancements based on learnings and feedback from a variety of users.
• Participate in root cause analysis efforts for server-related issues and contribute to the development of solutions that prevent similar problems in the future.
• Collaborate with hardware design teams to validate and test new server components and features, ensuring they meet performance and reliability standards.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong experience with proven impact in Silicon chip bring-up, validation and debug.
• Working with Customer's on Debug
• CPU architecture, X86 (or similar) instruction set architecture, and/or design knowledge.
• Developing system level tests that can make devices under test consume their full power and run at high frequencies.
• Developing system level tests that are self-checking and can catch issues with underlying hardware.

 ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE DESIRED:

• Understanding of the various aspects of a CPU product definition such as frequency, voltage, thermal design power, performance, etc.
• Familiarity with microprocessor Design-for-Test (DFT) and Design-for-Debug (DFD) logic, use, and issues.
• Experience in clocking, reset, power-up sequences and power management.
• Understanding of typical silicon debug features, infrastructure, and techniques.
• System-level understanding of CPU/SoC architecture, DRAM/memory, PCIE and boards.\
• Software development experience programming in C and assembly in a Linux based environment.

SKILLS NEEDED:

• In-depth understanding of server architecture and hardware components, especially AMD’s SOCs.
• Good understanding of various IP blocks in an SOC.
• Good understanding of various Operating Systems,
• Strong knowledge of x86 architecture and server technologies.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and scripting languages like BASH and PowerShell for tool development and automation.
• Proficient in database management and code version control.
• Experience in creating, enhancing, and maintaining diagnostic tools for server stress testing.
• Proficiency in testing methodologies, tools, and strategies.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams, external vendors, and users.
• Knowledge of data analysis tools and techniques.
• Good technical writing and communication skills for creating documentation and training materials.
• Project management skills to plan, prioritize, and execute tasks effectively, especially when working on multiple projects.
• Proficiency in problem-solving, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting server-related issues. 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS, MS, or PhD degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, preferred

LOCATION: Austin, Tx

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