Systems Design Engineer (debug)

Job Opportunity At AMD

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The Role

We are looking for a highly talented engineer to join our Client Customer Engineering team as an expert in client system debug engineer. Debug engineer works closely with our internal engineering team and customers who are developing AMD Ryzen based systems and platforms. As a key contributor to the success of AMD's product, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry leading technologies to market. The Systems Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

The Person

The Debug Engineer will work with internal validation engineers and our customers during critical issue escalations and help get issues resolved in time to meet product development or sustaining milestones in post-silicon phase.

Key Responsibilities

Include debugging client systems with an emphasis on SoC and platform level debug. Knowledge and use of standard debuggers, programmers, and emulators. A thorough understanding of client industry standard busses, such as DDR, PCIe, SATA, and other high-speed IO protocol is required in addition to detailed knowledge of high-speed digital design and signal integrity. Further requirements include a strong understanding of BIOS, OS, and driver interactions at the system level as well as a proficient understanding of x86 CPU architecture and functionality. Providing root cause analysis and guidance to internal and customer design teams to help close issues. Support project independently and handle all issues to co-work with internal & external teams well. A self-starter required and able to deal with a high level of ambiguity.

Preferred Experience

The ideal candidate has worked at computer hardware company as a design or debug engineer. Worked on multiple projects from development, through bring-up and validation and supported through the release to production. Strong knowledge of X86 architectures and DDR memory interface desired. Experience in use of tools such as Jtag debuggers, logic analyzers, SATA, USB, and PCIe bus analyzers. Excellent communication skills are required in the role of supporting customers.

Academic Credentials

Bachelors or Master's in computer engineering or computer science or electrical engineering, or comparable disciplines.

Location

Penang, Malaysia