director software engineering Director of Engineering management · Posted May 18, 2026

About this role

AMD is hiring a director-level Director of Engineering in the software engineering function based in San Jose, CA. The posting calls out experience with Linux, System Design, Observability, Embedded Systems.

Role
Director of Engineering
Function
software engineering
Level
director
Track
Management
Location
San Jose, CA
Department
Engineering
Posted
May 18, 2026

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Job description

from AMD careers


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 seeking a senior engineering leader for the AI System Performance, RAs Customer Co‑Engineering and System Deployment to lead deep, technical customer engagements that enable successful deployment of AI on edge and physical AI platforms at the system level.

THE PERSON

This role owns the end‑to‑end lighthouse customer AI deployment journey—from early single‑model evaluation, experience and performance optimization, through multi‑model, concurrent, multi‑tenant system deployment, integrated with market‑specific workloads such as robotics control, digital cockpit graphics, real‑time perception, and safety‑critical systems. Taking those learning from these strategic customer deployments to create right reference architectures demonstrating most important system performance metrics to scale the business.

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