Sr. Sys/Test Validation Engineer

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THE ROLE:  

The Platform Validation team is looking for an energetic System Validation Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s products, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market. The Platform Validation Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.  In this high visibility position, your validation engineering expertise will be necessary for delivery high quality and reliable products to market while working together to assist in debug of a variety of SOC, FW and software issues. 

THE PERSON:  

As a System Validation Engineer, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions. This person will be working with teams all across the global organization. The person needs to have strong organizational skills, enthusiasm and team spirit. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• The candidate will configure and maintain test hardware and infrastructure across multiple desktop systems and programs
• Must keep systems running, up to date, and keep hardware and validation infrastructure test-ready in all other ways, in support of client roadmap schedules
• Assists in the coordination and resolutions of technical issues
• Will work in cross-functional, multicultural team environment and to understand and apply technical concepts.
• Execute test procedures to exercise how applications run in an operating system leveraging drivers and OS features for hardware acceleration. For example games, video, audio, compilers, web browsers, and camera
• Executing test cases to validate systems including ASIC hardware (SoC or discrete), peripheral hardware, drivers, software tools, firmware, BIOS, operating systems, and applications.
• Knowledge of how systems power sequence from POST to operating system including power, BIOS, firmware, boot and HAL
• Experience with register read and write using software and hardware tools in an OS or with JTAG interface
• Interpret new technologies from specifications and execute test procedure content
• Review test plans and procedures from other engineers and provide guidance to update to increase coverage or optimize 
• Will be interpreting and reporting test data in meaningful formats including tables and graphs
• Perform hands on system test execution and management of a large test farm

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Microsoft Windows & Linux OS Knowledge (install, configure, test). Must be comfortable with linux command line/Bash
• Strong problem solving (regression) skills
• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C , Perl, Ruby, Python)
• Debug techniques and methodologies 
• Experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.  
• Experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization 
• Knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy 
• Leadership skills and able to manage project functional issues
• PC Architecture and peripheral knowledge. 2 PC validation /testing experience with good analytical and troubleshooting skills 
• PC x86 Architecture experience
• System level knowledge of the following subsystems: Memory, PC Buses (PC1-E, USB, SATA, Ethernet, Processor, Chipset)
• Preferred OS requirements: install, set-up, configure and troubleshoot: Linux/Windows OS 
• X86 SW exp.: configure and change. BIOS settings: install and configure device drivers: install and set up applications 
• PC Hardware set up and configuration: install and configure processors, hard drives, network cards, memory etc. Preferred experience in multiprocessors platforms (workstations, servers etc) 
• Good organizational skills: plan, prioritize and manage assigned workload; can efficiently execute multiple projects at the same time
• Quick learner: able to pick up and learn new concepts, applications and operating system in a short period of time
• Scripting ability such as bash/Python/Ruby is a plus
• Sense of urgency is a must
• Must be able to multi-task under high pressure situations in order to meet deadlines
• Hands-on skills in complex system design, integration, testing, and troubleshooting
• Read and follow technical instructions

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering 

LOCATION: Austin, Texas 

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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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