Sr Competitive Performance Engineer-GPU Job Listing at AMD in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship (Job ID 80728-en-us)

Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING 

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you'll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.  Together, we advance your career.  

THE ROLE:

We are seeking a seasoned technical leader to drive competitive performance analysis and strategic insights across data center SoC, GPU, and platform solutions. This role is focused on deeply understanding data center GPU architectures, systems, and product strategies, and translating that knowledge into clear, actionable guidance for architecture, product planning, performance, and go‑to‑market teams.

You will lead efforts to analyze competitive products and platforms across performance, power, cost, scalability, and system-level tradeoffs, influencing internal roadmaps and priorities. This is a highly visible role that requires close engagement with architecture, design, software, marketing, and executive leadership, and the ability to synthesize complex technical data into concise strategic narratives.

THE PERSON

You are a technically credible product performance thinker with excellent communication and storytelling skills. You are comfortable operating across abstraction layers—from microarchitecture to full-system and workload behavior—and can clearly articulate competitive strengths, gaps, and risks.

You thrive in highly collaborative environments, enjoy mentoring others, and are trusted to represent technical positions with clarity and rigor in discussions with senior architects, product leaders, and executives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead data center GPU performance architecture and system-level analysis including silicon, firmware, and software stacks
• Analyze competitor performance, power, efficiency, scalability, and cost tradeoffs across key workloads and customer use cases
• Develop and maintain models, benchmarks, and comparison frameworks to support internal performance analysis and tradeoffs
• Work cross-functionally with architecture, design, performance, software, and product teams to:
• Identify competitive gaps, risks, and opportunities
• Influence feature prioritization, architectural tradeoffs, and roadmap decisions
• Define and implement new performance features and optimizations
• Translate deep technical analysis into clear, executive-ready insights for strategy, marketing, and leadership reviews
• Support marketing and business teams by providing technical validation and context for competitive positioning, messaging, and customer engagements
• Drive knowledge sharing across the organization through presentations, reviews, and internal documentation
• Mentor engineers and analysts in competitive methodology, benchmarking rigor, and systems thinking

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Outstanding foundation in GPU architecture and performance
• Experience analyzing microarchitectural and system-level behavior to explain performance differences across real workloads
• Strong understanding of power and efficiency tradeoffs, including architectural and system-level implications
• Demonstrated experience performing or consuming competitive benchmarking, reverse engineering, or architectural comparison studies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting complex technical content to senior technical and business audiences
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across globally distributed teams and influence without direct authority

Location: Gdansk, PLN

Benefits offered are described:  AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position.  AMD's “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.