Senior Systems Design Engineer

Job Title

Senior Systems Design Engineer

Role Summary

Work on AMD's CGC-Tools team to design, implement, and maintain debug infrastructure and tooling that support silicon bring-up, validation, customer debug, and production. The role spans hardware, firmware, and software components of JTAG and automated debug systems and requires cross-functional collaboration with IP, firmware, validation, security, and customer engineering teams.

Experience Level

Senior-level. The job title indicates a senior role; no specific years-of-experience guidance is provided in the posting.

Responsibilities

The engineer will enable end-to-end debug capabilities and contribute to tools, services, and processes that capture, transport, and analyze debug data.

• Analyze upcoming SoCs and identify needs for advanced debug tooling.
• Work with IP and firmware teams to instrument debug data and define collection procedures and specifications.
• Design and develop JTAG hardware and JTAG-over-USB-C transport solutions.
• Develop Python libraries and software to capture debug data and evaluate IP health.
• Contribute to Automated Debug System (ADS) service and related distributed applications.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD-based QA automation for debug tools and pipelines.
• Package and run debug services in containers and assist with Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Support customer-facing debug workflows and enable AMD debug features in customer designs.
• Collaborate with IT and InfoSec to secure debug data transport (e.g., secure VPNs for JTAG devices).
• Ship external JTAG device software releases and support multi-business-unit program readiness.

Requirements

Core technical skills and working abilities required for the role.

Must-have:

• Practical experience with system-level debugging and debug methodologies.
• Experience with JTAG tooling and related hardware concepts.
• Proficiency in Python for tooling and data processing; low-level data manipulation skills.
• Experience with Linux-based development and firmware development.
• Experience with containerization and CI/CD pipelines; familiarity with Kubernetes is expected.
• Ability to work cross-functionally across IP, firmware, validation, and customer teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Authorized to work in the United States; this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have:

• x86 system knowledge and SoC internal architecture experience.
• Experience with BIOS, platform design, validation processes, and USB.
• Familiarity with C, Java, or JavaScript for tooling or firmware support.
• Experience with large-scale automation and secure data transport practices.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (as stated in the posting).

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.