Sr. Power Design Engineer, DC GPU Platform Design

About the role

In the MI Platform Power Design Team, we design high‑technology platforms for world‑class products based on AMD’s Instinct Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Our team architects and shapes every graphics board offered by AMD, designing cutting‑edge power converters for discrete graphics boards that retail worldwide. These designs must meet increasingly stringent current, efficiency, and responsiveness demands to maximize GPU performance in an efficient, cost‑effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Support architecture, design, analysis, and verification of power systems for high‑performance CPUs/GPUs/APUs.
• Work with cross‑functional teams to design and implement a full power delivery network, model and validate PDN impedance and droop targets, and verify power‑supply integrity using lab and in‑situ silicon measurements.
• Guide the system design team on optimum component selection and detailed layout guidelines during design execution.
• Develop test plans and procedures with the Board Validation team for system‑level validation and characterization of power‑domain design margins.
• Collaborate with SoC and System Architects and external industry partners to drive the latest power‑delivery technologies and innovations.
• Analyze and compare solutions, driving team insights and architecture forward into system implementation, SoC silicon, and power‑delivery silicon.
• Conduct feasibility studies and work with development teams to deliver solutions.
• Mentor junior power engineers and verify their design and validation work.

Preferred qualifications

• Proven technical understanding of power‑supply architectures and PDN in server, OAM, and PCIe environments.
• Knowledge of design and validation processes for high‑quality, reliable power circuits.
• Experience with multi‑phase buck/buck‑boost regulators, digital PWM controllers, bus converters, LDOs, PMICs, charge pumps, ADCs & DACs.
• Working knowledge of 2D/2.5D EM simulation tools such as Sigrity PowerDC, PowerSI, SiWave, or equivalents.
• Strong knowledge of high‑frequency magnetics design for power electronics.
• Printed circuit board design experience; expertise in schematic capture and PCB tools such as OrCAD or Allegro.
• Ability to collaborate with cross‑functional teams to make system‑level trade‑offs.
• Excellent knowledge of control theory, closed‑loop compensation, stability analysis, and phase margin.
• Proficiency with lab equipment (oscilloscope, e‑load, function generator, etc.).
• Experience with analog circuit modeling and simulation tools (e.g., Simplis, PSpice, HSpice).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Academic credentials & experience

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (preferred) in Electrical Engineering.

Location

Austin, TX – this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.