Sr. Systems Design Engineer - Data Center GPU

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:  

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Sr. Silicon Systems Design Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s product, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry leading technologies to market. The Systems Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.  

THE PERSON:  

As a Sr. Silicon Design Engineer, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions. In this high visibility position, your software systems engineering expertise will be necessary towards product development, definition, and root cause resolution.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leading post-silicon validation for SOC IP and graphics/compute blocks, including test planning, coverage tracking, and milestone sign-off
• Driving validation improvements through tool/script development and debug methodology enhancement
• Debugging hardware issues across system IPs (DMA, interrupts, data paths) and graphics/compute domains (shaders, command processors, wave dispatch, caches)
• Performing scan dump analysis and debug report interpretation to root-cause hangs, stalls, and errors
• Triaging failures across multiple IP domains and chiplet boundaries
• Owning validation plans for assigned IP areas with comprehensive feature coverage
• Collaborating with design, firmware, driver, runtime, and kernel teams on hardware-software interactions
• Developing validation content for error handling, fault injection, compute stress, and power management
• Leading cross-team triage and debug efforts

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years in post-silicon validation, hardware debug, or related semiconductor role
• Programming/scripting skills (C/C++, Python, Perl)
• Board/platform-level debug experience including bring-up and optimization
• Experience owning validation plans and milestone sign-off
• Knowledge of SoC architecture, multi-die/chiplet designs
• Understanding of graphics/compute pipelines — shader execution, wave dispatch, command processing
• Understanding of caches, buffers, FIFOs, ring buffers, credit-based flow control, and tag management
• Familiarity with DMA, interrupt, memory subsystem, and I/O architectures
• Knowledge of address translation, virtual memory, TLB, and page fault handling
• Familiarity with GPU compute frameworks (HIP, OpenCL, CUDA), drivers, or runtime environments
• Exposure to RAS — error detection, poison propagation, machine check logging, watchdogs
• Experience with scan dump or JTAG-based debug tools
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Self-starter able to independently drive tasks and ramp on new IP domains

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering 

LOCATION:

Markham, ON

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.