Power Architect - GPU Performance Optimization

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THE ROLE:

We are looking for an adaptive, self-motivative Power Architect - GPU Performance Optimization to join our growing GFX architecture team. As a key contributor, you will be part of a team to drive AMD's market leading GPU designs across AI/Machine Learning, Compute, and Discrete GPU gaming products. The Architecture team furthers and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development. As the Power Architect you will be expected to work with other technical experts internally and externally, to help guide complex products from concept to customer ship. The role requires a special combination of technical breadth, problem solving, and soft skills. The Power Architect is a cross-functional technical leader.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for modern, complex GFX architecture and digital design. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/time zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

Leadership Skills:

• Accomplished listener who can analyze, abstract, communicate, and converge on the best ideas.
• Develop strong partnerships with product stakeholders across the organization and development partners outside the organization.
• Excellent verbal communication and written, presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, planning, and teamwork skills.
• A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Research new architectural features for next generation GFX IP to optimizes Performance-Power-Area (PPA) and transcends product goals
• Lead power reduction work across all aspects of development, including RTL, Architecture, PD, Power Management and SW to deliver on product power goals
• Negotiate with stakeholders on power objectives
• Architect new GPU algorithms to improve PPA for rendering and compute workloads
• Analyze game traces from legacy designs to learn and apply lessons to future architectures
• Provide micro-architecture level proposals and/or review proposals from other sources for PPA optimization
• Guide HW Design teams in evaluating and improving power efficiency of their implementations
• Work with teams throughout the company (Product and System Architects, RTL, PD, SW, Bring-up) to deliver best in class power solutions

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience focused on computer architecture and power, with a strong understanding of the factors influencing power efficiency at chip, system, and product levels.
• Familiar with low power design techniques such as clock gating, power gating and dynamic frequency-voltage scaling design
• Computing and Graphics architecture
• Power architecture and design
• RTL design and/or verification
• Power tools and technologies
• Understands GPU power/performance, SW power architecture, and system-level trade-offs
• Graphics Shader behavior is a benefit
• OpenGL/OpenCL/D3D programming is a benefit

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Undergrad degree required. Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering, Mastery of principles of logic and circuit design, software and hardware principles and methods relevant to more complex systems and platforms is preferred

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package. Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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