3D PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER Job Listing at AMD in Santa Clara, CA (Job ID 65822-en-us)

Description

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We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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THE ROLE:

We are looking for an experienced 3D graphics driver performance engineer or developer to optimize and develop 3D drivers with a focus on game and machine learning performance optimizations.  This is an excellent opportunity to work on the cutting edge of Ray Tracing, Machine Learning, and GPU architecture.

THE PERSON:

• You are passionate about 3D graphics and improving the performance of games and applications utilizing the GPU
• Has hands-on experience and understanding of GPU architecture
• Has good programming skills in HLSL, GLSL, OpenCL, CUDA or similar in addition to general software development skills in C++
• Able to communicate effectively and work optimally in a distributed team  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze shader algorithms in HLS, data from performance tools, identify issues and potential optimization opportunities, and develop algorithms/shaders to achieve performance improvement
• Brainstorm with teams about potential solutions to optimize, experiment and refine optimizations and implement in drivers
• Contribute to performance tool improvements

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Good understanding of GPU architecture, memory management, and power management
• Good understanding of the 3D, Compute, Ray Tracing, and Machine Learning pipelines on GPUs
• Hands-on experience in developing and optimizing Ray Tracing, Machine Learning, games/creative apps on GPUs using D3D or Vulkan or Metal APIs
• Experience in HLSL, GLSL, OpenCL, CUDA or similar and strong C/C++ programming skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across teams

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