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CPU Core Performance Staff Engineer

AMD· Engineering
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)$178.4kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

CPU Core Performance Staff Engineer at AMD responsible for architecting, designing, and modeling performance features for AMD’s next-generation CPU core, collaborating with RTL, verification and post-silicon teams to advance the company’s CPU roadmap.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the architecture, design, modeling, and optimization of CPU core performance features using high-performance simulation environments.
  • Develop and enhance CPU performance models to evaluate new microarchitectural features and guide architecture decisions.
  • Analyze workloads, traces, and performance data to identify opportunities for CPU performance improvements.
  • Build and maintain cycle-accurate CPU performance models and correlate results across architectural models, RTL, emulation, and silicon.
  • Perform pre-silicon and post-silicon performance analysis to validate feature behavior and drive model accuracy.
  • Lead performance correlation, root-cause analysis, and optimization efforts across the CPU development lifecycle.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive execution to meet project milestones and customer commitments.
  • Collaborate closely with architecture, design, verification, emulation, and silicon teams to deliver industry-leading CPU products.

Qualifications

  • Strong background in CPU architecture, microarchitecture, and performance modeling, with a proven track record of delivering innovative performance features.
  • Experience modeling and analyzing modern CPU core performance across one or more pipeline domains.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify performance bottlenecks, design experiments, analyze complex workloads, and drive performance improvements through data-driven insights.
  • Proven success solving challenging architecture and microarchitecture problems from concept and feature definition through modeling, validation, and product delivery.
  • Strong software engineering skills, including the use of modern development practices and AI-assisted tools to develop, validate, and optimize performance models.
  • Experience working effectively across globally distributed teams and collaborating with cross-functional engineering organizations.
  • Strong technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching skills, with the ability to influence technical direction and execution.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to convey complex technical concepts to engineers, architects, and leadership; publications and industry conference presentations are a plus.
  • Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering

Skills

Required:CPU architecturemicroarchitectureperformance modelingdata analysisleadershipcommunication

Benefits

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