Director of Silicon Design Engineering

About this role

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture

We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career

Director of Silicon Design Engineering THE ROLE The Director of Silicon Design Engineering is responsible for owning end to end silicon (i.e., pre – post silicon) performance and design execution. This role provides technical and organizational leadership for system-level performance attainment, hardware/software optimizations, silicon debug, and sustained performance delivery for complex SoCs and accelerators. The Director drives cross functional alignment across architecture, modeling, design, validation, software, and product teams to ensure performance, power, and efficiency targets are met for current and future products

THE PERSON In this role you would manage a global organization of ~30+ engineers, with growth potential to 50+. Direct impact on product competitiveness, customer performance outcomes, and long-term silicon roadmap success. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Leadership Own system level performance attainment and HW/SW optimization to improve out of box and sustained performance across silicon products

Lead post-silicon debug, regression, performance analysis, and optimization efforts to achieve committed product targets. Establish and evolve methodologies for power and performance modeling, validation, and silicon bring up. Exec

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