Post Silicon Data Fabric Validation Engineer

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 THE ROLE:

Technical, hands-on engineer responsible for Datacenter Server SoC Post-Silicon features validation and enablement at the silicon SoC level up through BIOS, system firmware, and OS levels on AMD Server products.  This individual will be primarily responsible for interfacing with silicon, firmware, and platform design groups to develop and execute validation test plans for Datacenter Server SoC products during emulation and post-silicon bring-up / validation, to debug SoC feature issues, and to run and maintain validation infrastructure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop validation test plans for SoC- and system-level SoC features across all AMD Server products and execute feature enablement of features. 
• Develop post-silicon test plans and content to stress system level data coherency
• Debug and drive root-cause analysis for SoC related issues
• Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure as needed (software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup)
• Test interactions between various SoC features using validation infrastructure
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in developing tools to improve SoC validation and debug
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve post-silicon validation test strategy, methodology, and process

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with PC architecture, microprocessor cores, and system level data coherency
• Understanding of modern x86 microprocessor architecture and Server platform architecture is highly desired
• Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure
• Test plan and workload development experience
• Participated in silicon bring up and debug, support to internal engineering teams
• Debug skills at both SoC and system level
• Familiarity with programming / scripting language (C/C , Python, Perl, ...)
• Working knowledge of Server OSes (Linux, Windows)
• Must be a self-starting team player with excellent communication skills who can work with minimal guidance
• Forward thinker that drives improvement to development process, code architecture and fosters a spirit of innovation and continuous improvement
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Validation expertise in Data Fabric validation or debug.
• Knowledge on PCIe protocol. CXL protocol is a plus
• Performance analysis knowledge is a bonus
• Self-organizing and the ability multitask based on priorities

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electronics / Computer Science related
• 7 years of experience in SoC validation and debug.

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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