MTS Software Development Eng. - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

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MTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 

THE ROLE: 

AMD is looking for a specializedsoftware engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology.  

Successful candidates will be working across an international software organization to enable systems used in machine learning, compute, and related components including developing and supporting Linux drivers, tools, libraries, and documentation applied to a full system architecture. You will be primarily focused on developing, implementing, and improving software critical for AMD data center products

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.  

We are looking for a passionate, creative, teammate, and result oriented engineer who is passionate about groundbreaking technology and willing to work in a fast-paced groundbreaking technology environment. A degree in computer engineering, software engineering, or electrical engineering who is interested developing, enhancing, and supporting Linux software desired. Willing to solve sophisticated problems is a must.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products  
• Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts 
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture 
• Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies 
• Participating in new ASIC and hardware bring ups  

• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners 
• Provide high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code
• Develope for continuous integration and automated deployments
• Provide ongoing maintenance and support of internal/external related drivers, libraries, tools, and documentation
• Create tools for automating building, testing, deployment, monitoring on Linux
• Debug and troubleshoot system-level issues and features
• Proactively drive continuous improvement in all areas of activity

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++ and Python preferred 

• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail 
• Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs 
• Familiarity with Linux GPU kernel driver development
  
• Familiarization with continuous integration systems such as Jenkins
  
• Knowledge and use of Git or similar version control repositories
  
• Experience working in the semiconductor industry
  
• Linux kernel development experience, either core kernel development or device driver development.
  
• Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus 
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills 
• Expert in developing and debugging system hardware and software or firmware for embedded systems
• Understanding of computer organization/architecture, Machine Learning, HPC
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion
  

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detailhere.

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