Senior Server System Debug Engineer

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We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.

THE ROLE:

AMD is looking for a highly talented engineer to join our Datacenter Solution Engineering team as an overall expert in Server system debug. The System Debug Engineer will work closely with our customers who are developing AMD EPYC based systems.

THE PERSON:

This engineer will work with validation and our customers during critical issue escalations and help get issues resolved in time to meet product development or sustaining milestones. Opportunity to learn emulation and support issue debug pre-silicon and post-silicon.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Debugging Server systems with an emphasis on platform level debug.
• Knowledge and use of standard debuggers, programmers, and emulators.
• A thorough understanding of Server industry standard busses, such as DDR, PCIe, SATA, and other high-speed IO protocols, in addition to detailed knowledge of high-speed digital design and signal integrity.
• 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 projects independently and handle all issues to co-work with INT/EXT teams effectively.
• A self-starter required and able to deal with a high level of ambiguity.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience as a design or debug engineer at a computer hardware company.
• 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.
• Experience using 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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 5+ years of extensive experience.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia