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AMD · 9 hours ago

Wireless Systems and Validation Engineer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$127K/yr - $191K/yr

AMD is a company focused on building innovative products that enhance computing experiences across various domains such as AI and gaming. They are seeking a Wireless Systems and Validation Engineer to ensure top wireless performance and reliability for AMD-powered PC platforms through rigorous validation and collaboration with engineering teams and partners.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Hiring Manager

Leanne Bevins

Responsibilities

Own validation of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth features across AMD PC platforms, including functional, performance, stability, interoperability, and regression testing

Create and execute detailed test plans covering connectivity, throughput, roaming, coexistence, latency, audio quality, power management, and user scenarios

Validate system-level integration of WLAN/BT modules with AMD silicon, firmware, chipset features, PCIe interfaces, and platform-level power states

Debug wireless issues at the driver, firmware, hardware, and protocol layers using tools such as packet sniffers, RF analyzers, and platform logs

Perform RF coexistence testing between Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RF peripherals, and other AMD subsystems (PCIe, NVMe, GPU workloads, USB, etc.) that would cause in-band RF interference

Collaborate with OEMs and module partners to reproduce issues, collect logs, verify fixes, and drive resolutions for pre- and post-silicon platforms

Develop automated test scripts using Python or similar frameworks to accelerate regression and performance testing

Generate detailed validation reports, track issues in Jira or similar systems, and present findings to cross-functional teams

Qualification

Wi-Fi validationBluetooth validationIEEE 802.11 protocolsRF design principlesPython scriptingPacket analysis toolsCommunicationProblem solvingTeamwork skillsAdaptability

Required

Prior, recent years of hands-on experience validating Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth on PC, embedded, or consumer electronics platforms

Strong understanding of IEEE 802.11 protocols (a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) and Bluetooth Classic/LE, including audio profiles

Strong understanding of RF design principles, as it applies to board level design for optimal wireless signal integrity

Experience with wireless test tools such as iPerf, and RF test chambers

Experience with packet-level analysis tools such as Wireshark

Familiarity with non-signaling, and signaling test equipment from Octoscope, Spirent, Rohde & Schwarz, and Keysight, as well as power consumption equipment from Monsoon, and National Instruments

Familiarity with Python or other scripting languages