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AMD · 16 hours ago

Systems Design Eng.

positionAustin, TX
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid Level
money$157K/yr - $236K/yr

AMD is a leading company in next-generation computing experiences, focusing on innovation and collaboration. The role of a Systems Design Engineer involves developing and maintaining advanced debug infrastructure for AMD's product lines, collaborating with various teams to enhance debug capabilities and support silicon lifecycle processes.

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Responsibilities

Study upcoming SOCs and identify areas in need of advanced debug tools
Work with IP teams to acquire functional understanding of IP blocks and procedures for making operational health assessments of the IP block’s state
Work with firmware teams to instrument debug data into mission mode firmware
Work with IP teams to influence the addition of DFD features into future silicon
Write specs to outline how to perform debug data collection for in-chip microcontrollers responsible for executing debug actions
Build Python libraries that can capture debug data and evaluate the health of an IP block
Contribute to JTAG tools hardware development
Contribute to JTAG tools software development
Contribute to Automated Debug System debug service distributed application
Build and monitor automated QA execution of debug tools setup as CI/CD pipelines
Assist in the construction of K8 containers to execute the debug service
Work with regional Customer Engineering teams to enable AMD debug features within end customer designs
Work with IT and infosec to enable secure VPN tunnel for JTAG devices

Qualification

JTAGPythonDebug expertiseKubernetesLinuxFirmware developmentCJavaJavaScriptSystem level debuggingBIOSPlatform designValidation knowledgeAnalytical skillsCommunication skills

Required

Strong software, firmware, or hardware debug expertise
Familiarity with JTAG
Familiarity with Python
Familiarity with low level data manipulation
Familiarity with containerized tools
Familiarity with large-scale automation
Ability to work across multiple SOC programs in a fast-moving environment
Technical depth
Cross-team communication skills
Passion for building reliable engineering infrastructure
Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Preferred

x86 system knowledge
SOC internal architecture
JTAG HW tools
Python, C, Java, JavaScript
Kubernetes containers
Linux
USB
System level debugging
BIOS
Firmware development
Platform design
Validation knowledge
Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details
Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion
Debug techniques and methodologies
Good communication skills

Benefits

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Company

AMD

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Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
dateFounded in 1969
location
Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://www.amd.com

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
OpenAIDaniel Loeb
2025-10-06Post Ipo Equity
2023-03-02Post Ipo Equity
2021-06-29Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Lisa Su
Chair & CEO
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Mark Papermaster
CTO and EVP
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