Server Product Power & Performance Lead

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Server Product Power & Performance Lead

THE ROLE:

A senior technical leader to drive/lead our cutting-edge EPYC server product power and performance characterization, debug, validation, optimization and customization. Our innovative EPYC architecture revolutionizes both client and server platforms. As a key technical leader in our power and performance team, you will develop core competencies for AMD's server group, contributing to world leading high-performance data processing and computing.

At AMD, we relentlessly pursue generation-to-generation performance leadership and enhancements. As part of our team, you'll work on industry-leading server CPU products, delivering competitive performance, perf/watt and premium quality. If you're seeking sophisticated and thrilling challenges in the data center and computing industry, we want to hear from you.

THE PERSON:

We're seeking a performance-driven professional with expertise in Linux operating systems and a proven track record of optimizing systems across diverse benchmarks. And the candidate is preferred to have broad knowledge in server hardware architecture, feature and power management to drive best perf/watt. The ideal candidate must be an excellent communicator, passionate about learning, and a dedicated technical contributor to SoC Performance. You'll execute and analyze complex workloads, drive performance investigations, characterization, and debug, and influence future server SoC microarchitecture design.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive AMD platforms to achieve peak performance in compute, I/O, and power efficiency
• Analyze benchmarks and performance characteristics, identifying bottlenecks and opportunities for optimization
• Develop team understanding of performance-related tools, techniques, and analysis to measure and enhance performance
• Collaborate closely with the operating system team to discover new techniques for accelerating server-based applications
• Deep dive into CPU architecture to understand bottlenecks, diagnose bugs, and resolve issues
• Research trade-offs for server architecture, focusing on memory hierarchy, storage systems, scheduling, and I/O devices
• Propose changes to memory, storage systems, I/O systems, file systems, and operating system scheduling to reduce power requirements and boost performance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Multiple years of experience in system architecture, performance analysis, technical debug, and validation, with in-depth knowledge of memory technologies
• Comprehensive understanding of computer architecture/microarchitecture, software, and hardware pertaining to performance engineering
• Proficient in Linux performance analysis tools and methods
• Experienced in executing industry-standard benchmarks, performance test workloads, and automated tests for continuous integration
• Strong programming/scripting skills (e.g., C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python) or similar languages
• Familiarity with IO subsystem architecture, uArch, IO interconnects, and performance analysis and optimization

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS or MS in Computer Architecture, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field

LOCATION:

Santa Clara, CA

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