What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director Solutions Architect -GPU position at AMD?
WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING
At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.
The Role
The AMD Datacenter GPU team is seeking an experienced Director Solutions Architect to join our team focused on enabling large clusters for AI & HPC workloads.
The Person
The candidate will be a technical expert in datacenter infrastructure with deep knowledge of datacenter design, strong knowledge of compute (CPUs/GPUs), networking, and storage solutions, and experience partnering with customers to support RFP development. This role offers the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI & HPC infrastructure, solving complex technical challenges and helping customers implement transformative datacenter solutions at-scale.
Key Responsibilities
AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.
The Role
The AMD Datacenter GPU team is seeking an experienced Director Solutions Architect to join our team focused on enabling large clusters for AI & HPC workloads.
The Person
The candidate will be a technical expert in datacenter infrastructure with deep knowledge of datacenter design, strong knowledge of compute (CPUs/GPUs), networking, and storage solutions, and experience partnering with customers to support RFP development. This role offers the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI & HPC infrastructure, solving complex technical challenges and helping customers implement transformative datacenter solutions at-scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead customer technical discovery with data/ML, platform, and infrastructure stakeholders; map business goals to AI & HPC workloads and success metrics.
- Assess current system state (GPUs/accelerators, storage, fabric, security) and identify gaps, risks, and define required POCs.
- Shape reference architectures for large AI & HPC clusters (rack design, GPU topology, RoCE/InfiniBand, NVMe/parallel FS) aligned to customer constraints (power, cooling, space).
- Create high-level design.
- Partner with the business development and product teams to build ROI/TCO models. (CapEx/OpEx, $/token, $/inference) and craft the value story.
- Support draft of technical sections of RFIs/RFPs; produce architecture diagrams, deployment plans, and implementation timelines.
- Partner with program & engineering teams to define POC success criteria, test plans, and exit reports.
- Collaborate with product management to foster product roadmap improvements.
- Network design for high-throughput GPU clusters (scale-up / scale-out / OOB), cabling.
- Storage architectures optimized for AI data pipelines.
- Datacenter layout strategies / power /cooling.
- Rack power delivery / mechanicals.
- Solid years of experience designing and implementing large-scale infrastructure solutions.
- Strong understanding of datacenter networking and storage architectures.
- Experience with GPU-accelerated computing environments.
- Proven track record of creating technical documentation and reference architectures.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts.
- Experience working directly with customer technical teams.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
- San Jose, CA
AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
Salary : $235,600 - $353,400