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About the Role
AMD is seeking an experienced cost engineering professional to own and drive end-to-end rack-level cost modeling, forecasting, and optimization from early design concepts through production ramp. This role is critical to ensuring AMD delivers competitive, high-confidence cost structures for datacenter rack and infrastructure products.
Responsibilities
- Translate high-level rack designs and bills of materials (BOMs) into high-confidence, component-level rack cost models using supplier quotes, estimates, and appropriate proxies.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve rack component cost systems and tools that deliver accurate, data-rich cost forecasts for AMD business planning and return-on-investment analysis.
- Design and execute data analysis tools and methods to identify correlations, trends, and discrepancies that improve the accuracy and efficiency of rack cost models.
- Collaborate with Rack / Datacenter Design Architects to forecast costs and influence new product designs and business plans through design-for-cost (DFC) principles.
- Partner with Procurement to update and forecast rack-level component costs for current and future designs, using version control to document all updates and changes.
- Organize product phase-gate reviews with Engineering, Finance, and Business Units through the NPI phase of rack products.
- Identify and drive key cost improvement projects via cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Replicate and synergize best practices across business units and product lines.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of datacenter, pod, and rack architecture designs, business considerations, and the competitive landscape.
- Proficiency in rack financial cost modeling, including knowledge of key rack components and their functions.
- Proficiency in SQL and database technologies.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI, with experience using Copilot, Claude, and other AI tools.
- Proven experience in cost engineering, product engineering, or program management of complex datacenter or infrastructure products.
- Experience managing large, complex, and high-impact engineering or business projects.
- Experienced working with diverse matrix organizations and virtual teams.
- Exposure to datacenter design, rack integration, manufacturing, or supply chain operations.
- Experience with program management tools and processes.
- Proven communication and presentation skills.
Skills
- SQL
- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- Copilot
- Claude
- AI tools
- Cost engineering
- Product engineering
- Program management
- Datacenter design
- Rack integration
- Manufacturing
- Supply chain operations
- Program management tools
- Communication
- Presentation
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field
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.
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.