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System Validation Technical Program Manager - Server

AMD· Engineering
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Hybrid (Austin, TX), Hybrid (Secaucus, NJ)$162.6kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Technical Program Manager focusing on end-to-end rack-level server validation for AI and hyperscale server platforms within AMD’s Data Center Platform Engineering Group. Leads validation strategy, planning, execution, and documentation across electrical, mechanical, thermal, firmware, and platform domains throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Own server platform validation execution across board, system, and rack levels, ensuring alignment to program requirements and milestones.
  • Define and drive comprehensive validation test plans covering electrical, power, mechanical, thermal, shock & vibration, compliance, reliability, firmware, and system integration domains.
  • Partner closely with architecture, mechanical, platform, firmware, and system engineering teams to coordinate validation activities throughout the design lifecycle.
  • Apply sound technical judgment in developing test specifications, requirements, and methodologies for electrical, firmware, and platform-level validation.
  • Manage validation schedules, requirement tracking, and execution progress, ensuring timely completion and clear communication of results.
  • Lead triage and debug activities, driving root-cause identification and issue resolution while escalating risks as needed.
  • Prepare and maintain validation documentation, including test summaries, status reports, and milestone readiness inputs.
  • Represent validation in internal and customer-facing program meetings, providing accurate status, risk awareness, and milestone readiness updates.
  • Support Internal Server R&D hardware validation efforts as required.
  • Contribute to validation automation efforts to improve test coverage, efficiency, and repeatability.

Qualifications

  • Experience managing technical programs or workstreams across multiple cross-functional teams with competing priorities.
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, track, and execute programs against defined requirements, schedules, and milestones.
  • Proficiency in program management fundamentals, including scope definition, schedule management, risk tracking, dependency management, and status reporting.
  • Experience driving cross-functional alignment, facilitating reviews, and coordinating execution across engineering, validation, and partner teams.
  • Ability to identify, communicate, and escalate risks and issues with clear mitigation plans.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to present program status, risks, and readiness to internal and customer-facing stakeholders.
  • Experience using program tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, dashboards, spreadsheets).
  • Experience in server and datacenter validation, including board, system, and rack-level hardware and software qualification.
  • Working knowledge of server platform architectures, including PCIe, memory, storage, networking, compute, management, and system-level integration.
  • Experience developing and executing validation test plans, test cases, and tracking progress against requirements and milestones.
  • Ability to support triage and debug efforts, manage defect tracking, and drive issue resolution with cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Experience in automation and scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to improve validation efficiency and repeatability.
  • Solid understanding of validation methodologies to support reliable platform performance and milestone readiness.

Skills

Required:Technical program managementValidation planning and executionCross-functional coordinationRisk managementCommunication
Nice to have:Validation tooling and automationScripting

Benefits

  • Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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