About the Role
As a Senior Platform Hardware Design Engineer, you will lead and be part of the design team developing state-of-the-art systems for data center AI acceleration markets. This role involves leading product development from inception to production in a dynamic, fast-paced engineering environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of system and board hardware from inception to full-volume production.
- Closely work with power supply designs, mechanical and thermal teams, firmware development and validation teams, PCB layout engineers, and internal and external design stakeholders.
- Technically lead cross-functional engineering teams responsible for system and hardware development of AI acceleration-based systems from product definition to production.
- Provide cross-functional technical leadership and communication within the hardware engineering, architecture, customer, and program management teams.
- Actively drive technical definition/architecture and program execution/issue resolution.
- Work with SOC silicon architects and the business unit to define and develop product requirements, specifications, and cost targets.
- Drive innovation in system architecture, system management, circuit implementations, and security.
- Define and manage validation and assist with hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, design verification, optimizations, and fine-tuning.
- Provide implementation guidelines and feedback to silicon, package, and system design groups.
- Create and publish design technical documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Experience with switches and their board design, specifically using Broadcom or Cisco switches, is essential.
- Strong board hardware and system design experience.
- Proven ability to drive product development from concept to mass production.
- Ability to write product specifications.
- BOM management skills.
- Solid experience in high-speed mixed-signal design techniques.
- Solid experience in LDOs and Multiphase DC-DC switching power supply Power Integrity for high-power ASIC products.
- Experience with hardware lab tools, digital oscilloscopes, and other common lab equipment.
- Experience with firmware, APIs, applications, OSes, and their interactions within Windows, Linux, Data Accelerators, compute, and virtualization environments.
- Understanding of industrial standards: high-speed/digital interfaces (USB, PCI Express), memory interface, I2C/SMBus/PMBus, SPI, JTAG.
- Experience with scripting to assist with daily tasks (Python, BASH, Perl, etc).
- Must be self-driven, collaborative, and a strong team player with technical leadership skills.
- Excellent teamwork, communication, and organization skills.
- Experience with high-speed serial interfaces, PCI Express and USB is a plus.
- Specific experience with switches, CPUs, FPGAs, and their board design including SI and PI knowledge.
- This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Skills
- Physical design of multilevel boards
- DFM (Design for Manufacturing)
- Power regulation
- Board bring-up qualification and debug
- Thermal
- Signal integrity
- EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference)
- Cadence tools, such as Concept Capture and Allegro PCB
- Power conversion and delivery for high-performance processors or GPUs
- Python
- BASH
- Perl
- PCI Express
- USB
- Switches
- CPUs
- FPGAs
- SI (Signal Integrity)
- PI (Power Integrity)
Location
- Austin TX
- Longmont CO
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering preferred
Benefits
- AMD benefits at a glance
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
