2 days ago
Santa Clara, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$204k - $306k/yr
Responsibilities
- Validate new firmware and software features for AMD products at the system level before customer release.
- Own major feature validation end to end, including test plans, automation, execution, and sign-off.
- Build maintainable automated test scripts and use AI tools to accelerate software validation.
- Write and review comprehensive test plans, execute tests, triage failures, and verify fixes.
- Reproduce customer-reported issues locally and collaborate with peer teams to resolve them.
- Debug complex technical issues involving firmware, software, hardware, operating systems, and related architectures.
- Lead test plan reviews, develop technical relationships with peers and partners, and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
- Established experience in system testing, validation, or test automation, with strong firmware testing and automation experience.
- Fluency in Python and experience with automation frameworks, test tools, and performance-testing tools.
- Understanding of AI tools and their use in large-scale distributed environments.
- Knowledge of operating systems, kernel-mode programming, device drivers, and related technologies and architectures.
- Good understanding of Linux and hypervisors including VMware ESX and KVM.
- Strong troubleshooting, software engineering, communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
- Experience with cloud, security, data center technologies, CPU, GPU, or SoC firmware testing is advantageous.
- Experience with debuggers, source code control systems such as GitHub, and profilers is a plus.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
About AMD
AMD designs and sells CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive/embedded computing products for PCs, data centers, gaming, and edge devices. Its portfolio includes Ryzen and EPYC processors, Radeon and Instinct graphics, and adaptive SoCs from its Xilinx acquisition, sold to OEMs, cloud providers, and device makers. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it is a public company on NASDAQ and supplies semi-custom chips for major game consoles.