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SOC Performance Engineer

AMD· Engineering
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)$144.8kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

The role focuses on analyzing and optimizing architectural performance of AMD’s PC and Gaming processors, including tracing workloads, performance modeling, debugging SOC performance issues, and developing performance evaluation tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Work with IP and SOC architects to develop and optimize leading edge processors
  • Characterize workloads, project performance and debug performance issues
  • Run performance simulations and analyze results to evaluate architectural features
  • Analyze the competition and identify areas for future improvement
  • Enhance existing application tracing techniques
  • Develop and maintain tools for data collection and analysis
  • Execute post-silicon debug/tuning efforts to ensure AMD processors are fully performance optimized
  • Job responsibilities also include multi-discipline interactions with microprocessor architects, ISA definition owners, software optimizers, compiler team, logic designers, and verification engineers to identify, resolve and document architectural performance issues

Qualifications

  • Prior industry/academic experience
  • Experience with computer architecture, system simulation, and performance evaluation
  • Experience analyzing system bottlenecks and optimizing computing systems for performance
  • Strong experience with computing software, including operating systems, hypervisors, compilers, drivers, and workloads
  • Adept at mathematical and statistical modeling
  • Detailed microarchitecture knowledge of a CPU, GPU, NPU, Video Processors, and/or DRAM controllers
  • Proficient in C/C++ programming and software engineering concepts

Skills

Required:Performance analysisSystem simulationC/C++ programming

Benefits

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Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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