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About the Role

AMD is seeking a visionary and highly technical Director of Instinct Stack Architecture to lead architecture strategy, technical direction, and cross-functional execution across the AMD Instinct product portfolio. This leader will drive end-to-end architectural alignment across hardware, firmware, system software, security, reliability, serviceability, platform management, and infrastructure to enable next-generation AI and HPC solutions. This role leads a high-performing architecture organization responsible for defining scalable system architectures, driving technology strategy, and ensuring architectural consistency across multiple products, programs, domains, and engineering verticals.

Responsibilities

Own and drive architecture strategy, governance, and technical execution for the AMD Instinct Stack across RAS, System Software, Security, Platform Management, Diagnostics, Telemetry, and future platform technologies, while leading a highly functional organization of architects and domain experts operating across multiple engineering verticals and product generations.
Define and own the long-term architecture strategy and roadmap for AMD Instinct stack architecture across multiple domains.
Drive architectural alignment across RAS, System Software, Security, Platform Management, Diagnostics, Telemetry, Manageability, Infrastructure, and future platform technologies.
Establish architecture principles, standards, decision frameworks, and governance models across engineering organizations.
Lead architecture reviews and technical decision-making for next-generation Instinct platforms and strategic initiatives.
Ensure architecture consistency, scalability, performance, security, reliability, serviceability, and maintainability across the Instinct ecosystem.
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of architects, technical leaders, and domain experts across multiple verticals.
Establish clear ownership, accountability, operating mechanisms, and execution discipline across architecture domains.
Partner with silicon architecture, system architecture, firmware, software, validation, product management, customer engineering, and executive leadership.
Serve as a primary architecture interface for senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and strategic customers.
Drive product roadmap influence, technology investment recommendations, risk management, and platform simplification.
Champion innovation, design reuse, platform consistency, and scalable architectural approaches across AMD datacenter products.

Requirements

Proven technical leader with strong system-level thinking, deep architecture experience, and the ability to lead highly functional teams across multiple verticals.
Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment, influence senior stakeholders, and align cross-functional teams.
Ability to translate long-term architecture vision into executable roadmaps.
Passionate about developing technical leaders and building strong ownership models.
Deep expertise in datacenter GPU, AI accelerator, HPC, large-scale system architecture, or platform architecture.
Experience spanning hardware, firmware, system software, security, reliability, diagnostics, platform management, and customer enablement.
Proven experience leading architecture teams supporting complex GPU, CPU, SoC, accelerator, or rack-scale platform programs.
Demonstrated success influencing executives and senior technical leaders in a highly matrixed engineering environment.
Strong understanding of RAS, telemetry, serviceability, manageability, resiliency, security, and system-level performance tradeoffs.
Track record of building high-performing technical teams and developing future architecture leaders.
Expert industry experience in systems architecture, platform architecture, software architecture, hardware/software co-design, or related fields.
Prior experience of leading and managing senior technical teams, architects, or multi-domain engineering organizations.
Strong track record of delivering complex products from concept through production.
Excellent communication skills with experience presenting to executive leadership, senior technical forums, and external stakeholders.
This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

Skills

System-level thinking
Architecture strategy
Technical direction
Cross-functional execution
Hardware architecture
Firmware architecture
System software architecture
Security architecture
Reliability engineering
Serviceability engineering
Platform management
Infrastructure architecture
AI solutions
HPC solutions
Scalable system architectures
Technology strategy
Architectural consistency
RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability)
Diagnostics
Telemetry
Manageability
Design reuse
Datacenter GPU architecture
AI accelerator architecture
HPC architecture
Large-scale system architecture
Platform architecture
Hardware/software co-design

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Director
Senior technical leaders
Executive leadership

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field required.
Master’s degree or PhD preferred.

Benefits

AMD benefits at a glance.

About the Company

At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.
Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.
Join us and, together, we’ll 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.