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Post Silicon High-Speed I/O Validation Engineer

AMD· Engineering
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)$163.2k - $244.8kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Technical Validation Engineer in AMD's datacenter CPU post-silicon validation team focusing on high-speed IO interfaces (e.g., UCIe, UALink, PCIe Gen5/6+, CXL) and multi-socket servers.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute feature enablement and validation test plans for SoC- and system-level SoC features across all AMD Server products for High-Speed IO
  • Develop test content for focus testing and system-level stress testing of IO domain plus cross product stress testing
  • Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure (software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup)
  • Test interactions between various SoC features using validation infrastructure
  • Debug and drive root-cause analysis for SoC related issues
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in developing tools to improve SoC validation and debug
  • Work with cross-functional teams to improve post-silicon validation test strategy, methodology, and process
  • Lead internal task forces and workgroups as well as participate in industry consortium

Qualifications

  • Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
  • Proven leadership experience in soc design or validation
  • Experience in UCIe, UALink, PCIe Gen5/6+, CXL, UCIe or proprietary inter-die and multi-socket server interface (electrical or functional)
  • Understanding of modern x86 microprocessor architecture and Server platform architecture
  • Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure
  • Test plan and workload development experience
  • Participated in silicon bring up and debug, support to internal engineering teams
  • Ability to execute and drive success of programs with multiple projects on the go
  • Debug skills at both SoC and system level
  • Programming/scripting knowledge (C/C++, Python, Perl, ... )
  • Working knowledge of Server OSes (Linux, Windows)
  • Self-starting team player with excellent communication skills
  • Forward thinker with drive to improve development processes and foster innovation
  • Strong verbal and written English communication skills
  • Extensive experience with lab equipment (protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes) and board/platform-level debug
  • Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
  • Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Skills

Required:High-Speed IO validationValidation methodologyTest plan developmentDebugging
Nice to have:Programming/scriptingLinux/Windows Server OSLab equipment

Benefits

  • AMD benefits at a glance (described on AMD careers page)
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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