Principal Performance Modeling Engineer
About the role
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.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a Performance Architect in AMD's electronics design engineering team.
- Participate in microarchitecture exploration, performance modeling, and analysis for next-generation GPU and data center systems.
- Intimately understand design architecture and propose solutions to enhance performance.
- Responsible for micro-benchmarking, workload characterization, competitive analysis, bottleneck identification, and optimization.
- Develop tools and methodology for performance analysis of workloads.
- Communicate, propose, and implement solutions to processor and system performance issues.
Requirements
- Experience with GPU, CPU or computer system microarchitecture.
- Experience with the development and usage of computer system performance models.
- Experience with computer workload analysis.
- Strong programming skills, including experience with C++ and Python (or similar).
Qualifications
- PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field of study + 5 years of experience.
- MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field of study plus 8 years of experience as a Computer Architect, Design Engineer, or in a closely related processor design role.
- Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years of relevant experience.
Skills
- Experience with GPU, CPU or computer system microarchitecture.
- Experience with the development and usage of computer system performance models.
- Experience with computer workload analysis.
- Strong programming skills, including experience with C++ and Python (or similar).
Benefits
Details about benefits are available upon request.
Pay
Details about pay are available upon request.
Schedule
Details about schedule are available upon request.