Staff Thermal Attainment Engineer

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THE ROLE:
Technical, hands-on engineer responsible for post-silicon thermal activities related to thermal attainment and optimization of AMD Datacenter products. Thermal Attainment within AMD’s Datacenter GPU organization covers the development of end-to-end silicon to system thermal policy, thermal stability, thermal feature tuning, and enabling manufacturing thermal readiness.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Learn and execute thermal attainment test plans in post-silicon time periods in support of Data Center GPU product roadmap.
Investigating thermal management techniques through both hardware and firmware-based solutions.
Actively participate in analysis of post silicon thermal and power data, ensure integrity of results and provide summary and conclusions of results.
Hands-on experience to work locally or remotely with computers, systems or data center hardware for practical knowledge with hardware applicable to servers, data centers or thermal equipment as a means to accomplish thermal attainment work
Calibration of thermal sensors and working with other groups to correlate sensor accuracy across platforms
Support prototyping experiments for new GPU features that impact thermal and power characteristics
Work with cross-functional teams internally and externally to improve post-silicon validation test strategy, methodology, and process
Leading collaborative technical discussions to drive resolution on technical issues and roll out technical initiatives
Be able to work in a high demand, fast paced environment with lots of real-time problem solving and critical thinking
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
Strong background in thermodynamics and heat transfer
Experience in datacenter environment preferred
Solid understanding of thermal management methodologies in datacenter products
Prior experience using ANSYS IcePak or similar tools
Experience with power and thermal controllers and management.
Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure
Test plan and test development experience
Participated in silicon bring up and debug, support to internal engineering teams
Able to execute and drive success of programs with multiple projects on the go
Debug skills at both GPU and system level
Familiarity with programming / scripting language (C/C++, Python, Perl, ...)
Working knowledge of Server OSes (Linux, Windows Server)
Must be a self-starting team player with excellent communication skills who can work with minimal guidance
Forward thinker that drives improvement to development process, code architecture and fosters a spirit of innovation and continuous improvement
Strong verbal and written English communication skills
Working knowledge of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and protocol analyzers
Self-organizing and the ability multitask based on priorities
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electronics / Mechanical Engineering related with 2-5 years of experience in SoC thermal validation and debug.
LOCATION:
Penang, Malaysia
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