RAS Lead

Job Title

RAS Lead

Role Summary

Lead Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) for the Embedded business unit as a center of excellence. Own RAS planning and execution across pre-silicon and post-silicon validation, coordinate with architecture, DV, firmware/BIOS, enablement and cross-functional teams, and drive roadmap and process improvements.

Experience Level

Senior — requires substantial experience; posting specifies 13 years of relevant HW and FW RAS experience.

Responsibilities

Accountable for defining RAS strategy and delivering validated RAS features across the product lifecycle. Key responsibilities include:

• Define and develop the RAS charter for the Embedded BU and establish the team as a center of excellence.
• Plan RAS activities at pre-silicon stage; collaborate with DV and emulation teams to produce specifications and test cases.
• Enable and validate RAS features with architects and engineering leads; ensure timely delivery and technical correctness.
• Manage roadmap planning and continuous process improvements for RAS across the BU.
• Lead troubleshooting, debug and triage throughout the validation cycle; drive issue closure and track milestone quality metrics.
• Coordinate handover to post-silicon enablement, BIOS/FW, drivers, QA and CAE teams with complete documentation and test collateral.
• Represent the team during customer escalations, critical issue resolution, and milestone reviews; communicate risks and mitigation plans.
• Foster a culture of technical growth, openness and cross-functional collaboration within the team.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, experience, and leadership capabilities; preferred items listed separately.

• Must-have: ~13 years of hands-on experience in HW and FW aspects of RAS feature implementation for x86 IPs (cores, memory, in-band and out-of-band RAS).
• Proven experience with post-silicon enablement and validation, debug and triage across the validation cycle.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces and interconnects such as PCIe (Gen4+ preferred), DDR4/DDR5/LPDDR4/LPDDR5, USB (Type-C, PD, 3.x/4.0), display interfaces and Ethernet.
• Practical knowledge of power management as it relates to RAS and system validation.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed and board measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, network analyzers, debuggers, evaluation hardware, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to identify risks, propose mitigations, and uplevel issues to senior management.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with program managers, product managers, enablement leads, BIOS/FW, DV and silicon teams.
• Nice-to-have: scripting experience (TCL, Python); prior work with emulation/DV/pre-silicon flows; experience with the listed protocols at advanced generations.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Advanced Micro Devices

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, USA

Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures microprocessors, graphics processors, and related technologies for a variety of computing devices. Known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, AMD's mission is to deliver high-performance computing solutions for AI, data centers, gaming, and embedded applications. They foster a collaborative, inclusive culture focused on creativity and problem-solving, aiming to drive progress and excellence in technology.