Technical Team Lead, Hardware Security Platform

Project Description:

AMD is building a hardware-assisted security platform that uses silicon-level Performance Monitoring Counters (PMCs) and on-chip machine learning to detect advanced endpoint threats (ransomware, fileless malware, cryptojacking) at the processor layer, below OS-based evasion. The platform collects CPU behavioral telemetry, classifies it via an ML inference engine, and exposes threat signals to security-software partners through a standardized API. The team covers the full stack: silicon telemetry, ML training/validation, real-time inference, lab qualification and CI/CD.

Responsibilities:

Own the technical architecture for the full hardware threat-detection platform (PMU/IBS kernel driver, ML inference pipeline, partner SDK, HW attestation).

Set and enforce technical quality standards: detection-efficacy KPIs (detection rate, false-positive rate), performance budgets (CPU overhead), API backward-compatibility.

Lead cross-functional architectural decisions across silicon, driver, ML and real-time pipeline.

Own the partner SDK strategy and the technical relationship with security-software integration partners.

Lead efficacy validation gates across the malware variant test suite. Mentor SMTS-level engineers across lab, ML, real-time and CI/CD. Represent the platform in external technical forums and partner engagements.

Identify and mitigate program-level technical risks.

Mandatory Skills Description:

12+ years progressive engineering experience with 5+ years in a technical leadership or principal engineering role.

Deep expertise in: CPU microarchitecture & performance monitoring; ML systems & inference pipeline engineering; systems software & kernel development; endpoint security platform architecture.

Experience leading multi-disciplinary efforts inception-to-production.

Excellent communication across executive, partner and engineering audiences.

Experience defining program-level KPIs and quality gates.