Principal GPU Validation Engineer Job Listing at AMD in San Jose, CA (Job ID 80964-en-us)

Description

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THE ROLE:

As a Principal GPU Validation Engineer, you will architect, validate, and debug large‑scale AMD GPU systems spanning device, node, chassis, and rack-level deployments. You will define system-level test strategies for multi-GPU, multi-node accelerator platforms, ensuring correctness, performance, scalability, and reliability across hardware and software boundaries.

This role is deeply technical and hands-on, involving GPU bring-up, firmware/driver interaction, networking validation (RDMA), and large-scale cluster enablement. You will directly influence product readiness and future AMD GPU platform designs by providing system-level feedback into architecture, silicon features, and validation infrastructure.

THE PERSON:

You are a system thinker with deep technical instincts, capable of root-causing failures that span GPU silicon, PCIe/Infinity Fabric, networking, drivers, firmware, and orchestration layers. You are comfortable debugging issues that only emerge at scale—during long‑running workloads, high-throughput fabric stress, or multi-node synchronization scenarios.

You bring:

• Proven technical leadership in complex GPU/accelerator environments
• The ability to translate low-level failures (timeouts, hangs, data corruption) into actionable root causes
• Strong collaboration skills across Architecture, Design, Firmware, Software, and Validation teams
• A track record of building robust, repeatable test infrastructure, not one-off debug scripts

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Define and execute solutions for system integration and validation for AMD GPU platforms across:

• Single-GPU and multi-GPU nodes
• Scale-up fabrics (e.g., multi-GPU interconnects)
• Scale-out clusters and rack-level deployments 

Develop and execute solutions which drive scale up and scale out fabric, including:

• GPU topology validation
• PCIe, memory integration with the fabric stress testing
• Fabric related Driver, firmware, and OS interaction validation
• Performance and stability testing under real workloads as well
• Synthesizing down real world test  into smaller repeatable test  

Lead deep system-level debug efforts, including:

• GPU hangs, resets, and error recovery scenarios at scale
• RDMA and networking-related data integrity or performance issues
• Multi-node synchronization and scaling failures
• Long-haul stability issues seen in burn-in or customer environments 

Collaborate closely with Architecture, Design, and Software Engineering teams to:

• Improve test hooks, telemetry, and debug visibility
• Provide feedback for future silicon, firmware, and platform features
• Ensure system-level requirements are addressed early in the design cycle

Design and implement validation infrastructure which Leverages AI automation, including:

• Automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
• System health monitoring, logging, and failure triage tools
• AI Automation Test Pipeline

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

  Extensive experience in system-level development and validation for GPU or accelerator-based platforms in data center or HPC environments

  Strong understanding of:

• GPU architectures and software stacks (drivers, runtime, firmware interaction)
• GPU memory hierarchies, data movement, and synchronization
• Scale-up and scale-out fabrics and their performance/debug implications

  Hands-on experience with application scaling on GPU or accelerator clusters, including:

• Debugging scaling inefficiencies
• Identifying bottlenecks across compute, memory, and network fabrics

  Deep knowledge of networking and RDMA-enabled accelerator solutions, including:

• Fabric bring-up and validation
• Latency, bandwidth, and congestion analysis
• Debugging data corruption, packet loss, or timeout scenarios

  Strong software development skills in:

• C++ for performance-critical tools and validation components
• Python for automation, orchestration, and data analysis
• UNIX/Linux shell scripting for system control and diagnostics

  Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for:

• Large-scale system validation
• Automated regression testing
• Continuous integration across hardware and software changes

  Demonstrated ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-demand environment where rapid triage, decision-making, and execution are required

  Deep experience in system-level engineering with accelerators, GPUs, or complex compute platforms

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferred) in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline

LOCATION:

Austin, TX  (or other AMD-approved locations, as applicable)

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.