Performance Modeling Architect

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

The Role

Analyze and optimize high-performance memory subsystem designs for Cloud computing, machine intelligence acceleration, and immersive mobile processing. Propose solutions to enhance performance. Explore and analyze next-generation memory technologies and scalable interconnects.

The Person

Do you seek the most sophisticated challenges in the computing industry? As a passionate performance architect on our design engineering team, you will propose and implement solutions to processor and system performance issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for micro-benchmarking, workload characterization, competitive analysis, bottleneck identification, and optimization.
• Develop tools and methodology for performance analysis of workloads.

• Experience with CPU, GPU, or computer system microarchitecture
• Experience with the development and usage of computer system performance models
• Experience with computer workload analysis
• Strong programming skills, including experience with C++ and Python (or similar)

• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a closely related field
• Masters or PhD with emphasis on Computer Architecture performance studies preferred

Austin, TX

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.