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CPU Power & Performance Validation Engineer

AMD· Engineering
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Folsom, California$143.1kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

The CPU Power & Performance Validation Engineer will validate Core IP performance and power for AMD’s latest-generation silicon, working with design teams to understand specifications, run benchmarks, and optimize performance and power using automation and AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Validate Core IP for performance and power accuracy against product specifications and performance targets.
  • Execute benchmarks and workloads to evaluate silicon performance and power behavior.
  • Identify, investigate, and debug performance and power issues, including complex corner cases.
  • Partner with design teams to understand specifications, technical requirements, and expected workload behavior.
  • Develop and execute validation approaches to confirm fixes and workarounds and fine-tune performance toward targeted results.
  • Develop and maintain Python-based scripting and automation supporting validation, hardware equipment, and configuration workflows.
  • Use performance, power, thermal, and monitoring equipment to characterize and validate silicon behavior.
  • Apply AI tools appropriately to accelerate automation development, analyze validation data, and help identify potential directions during technical debugging.
  • Within the first 30 days, ramp on the team’s methodologies, workloads, tools, and performance-validation execution processes.
  • Within 60 days, become an independent contributor operating alongside the senior engineers on the team.
  • Within the first 90 days, contribute fully by independently identifying issues and corner cases, executing validation activities, and communicating product findings and results.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field is preferred.

Skills

Required:CPU performance validationPower management featuresBenchmarking & analysisMeasurement equipmentPython scripting & automation
Nice to have:Automation for validation workflowsCPU architecture understandingBIOS/firmware interactionsAI-assisted engineering tools

Benefits

  • Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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