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AMD

3 months ago

System Architect

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Job Summary

Hands-on System Architect leading end-to-end architecture for next-generation compute/hardware-software products. Define system requirements, architecture, and integration strategies across hardware, firmware, and software to meet performance, security, reliability, and cost goals. Collaborate with engineering leads, product managers, operations, and customers; mentor teams on architecture principles and system-level thinking.

Location: Santa Clara, Austin, Seattle

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Key Responsibilities

•Define and maintain the overall system architecture for complex hardware/software integrated products.
•Translate product and market requirements into system-level specifications, functional decomposition, and architecture artifacts.
•Conduct trade‑off analyses incorporating performance, scalability, security, reliability, power, thermal, and cost considerations.
•Select and recommend technologies for processors, memory, storage, networking, management controllers, and other core system elements.
•Establish and enforce system interface standards and interoperability guidelines.
•Collaborate with platform architects, chief engineers, and subsystem owners to ensure design consistency and integration quality.
•Lead architecture reviews and manage cross-domain technical risks.
•Support engineering teams during design, validation, manufacturing readiness, and deployment phases.
•Drive alignment with relevant industry standards and protocols.
•Mentor engineering staff in system-level thinking, architecture methods, and technical decision-making processes.

Key Requirements

•Proven architectural leadership in complex compute or embedded products.
•Strong understanding of hardware/software co-design, distributed systems integration, and lifecycle engineering.
•Expertise in multiple relevant domains: compute architecture, networking/interconnect, power and thermal management, system security.
•Familiarity with industry standards such as PCIe, Ethernet, NVMe, IPMI/Redfish, SMBus/I²C, SPI, and emerging protocols.
•Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and resolve integration challenges.

Experience:ComputeEmbedded systemsHardware

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:ArchitectureSystem-level thinkingHardware/software co-designDocumentationTechnical leadership

Languages:English

Tech Stack:PCIeEthernetNVMeIPMIRedfishSMBusI2CSPI

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

AMD

Designs and produces semiconductor products including CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive SoCs for consumer, enterprise, and embedded markets, competing across PCs, data centers, and gaming industries.

Industry: Electronics Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States

Founded: 1969

Glassdoor: 3.9

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