Principal/Senior Robotics AI Architect
AMD · San Jose, CA · Engineering
About this role
AMD is hiring a senior-level Solutions Architect in the software engineering function based in San Jose, CA. The posting calls out experience with Reinforcement Learning, System Design, Performance Optimization, vLLM.
- Role
- Solutions Architect
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Department
- Engineering
- Posted
- May 18, 2026
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Job description
from AMD careersWHAT 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 Robotics AI Architect to define and scale next-generation Physical AI systems, with a focus on complex robotic platforms (including humanoids). This role emphasizes architectural leadership across multi-layer AI control loops and tight collaboration with lighthouse customers to achieve production-grade performance targets.
THE PERSON:
As a key technical authority, you will synthesize learnings from real-world deployments and translate them into platform-defining capabilities, shaping the roadmap for our AI SDKs, runtime, and reference architectures to enable broad ecosystem scalability.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- End-to-End AI Control Loop Architecture (Core Focus)