Platform Architect

AMD
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Mentoring","Cross-functional collaboration","Technical documentation"]

Platform Architect at AMD responsible for defining and evolving the holistic architecture of complex hardware/software platforms. You will balance performance, cost, security, reliability, and scalability across hardware, firmware, and software, driving roadmaps, architecture artifacts, and cross‑functional alignment with engineering, product management, and manufacturing.

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AMD
AMD
4 months ago

Platform Architect

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Job Summary

Platform Architect at AMD responsible for defining and evolving the holistic architecture of complex hardware/software platforms. You will balance performance, cost, security, reliability, and scalability across hardware, firmware, and software, driving roadmaps, architecture artifacts, and cross‑functional alignment with engineering, product management, and manufacturing.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and maintain overall platform architecture, encompassing hardware, firmware, and software elements.
  • •Translate product requirements into architectural specifications, block diagrams, and interface definitions, and verification criteria.
  • •Perform trade‑off analysis between performance, cost, security, reliability, and scalability.
  • •Drive technology selection for memory, storage, connectivity, management controllers, and power/thermal subsystems.
  • •Ensure alignment with industry standards and protocols (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, NVMe, IPMI/Redfish, SMBus/I²C, security frameworks).

Key Requirements

  • •Proven architectural leadership in complex compute or embedded products.
  • •Deep expertise in hardware/software co‑design and system integration.
  • •Experience across multiple platform domains: compute architecture, I/O subsystems, power and thermal design, management interfaces, and platform security.
  • •Familiarity with relevant industry standards and emerging technologies.
  • •Strong analytical skills and experience performing architecture trade‑offs and risk assessments.
Experience:ComputeEmbeddedPlatform architecture
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationMentoringCross-functional collaborationTechnical documentation
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PCIeEthernetNVMeIPMIRedfishSMBusI2C

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
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