System Level Test Engineer (IVR)

About the role

We are looking for someone to provide leadership in GPU system level test, accountable to meet business milestones, cost and quality. You will collaborate with internal teams to drive IVR (Integrated Voltage Regulator) SLT swim lane from pre-silicon, ASIC initial bring up to HVM (High Volume Manufacturing), and conduct engineering evaluations to qualify cutting-edge IVR for HVM and drive closure of GPU production issues.

Key responsibilities

• Accountable to provide leadership to meet business milestone, cost and quality in GPU system level test area
• Collaborate with internal teams to drive IVR (Integrated Voltage Regulator) SLT swim lane from pre-silicon, ASIC initial bring up to HVM (High Volume Manufacturing)
• Solve complex, novel, and non-recurring problems; initiate significant changes to existing processes/methods and lead development and implementation
• Conduct engineering evaluations and analysis to qualify cutting-edge IVR for HVM and drive closure of GPU production issues
• Profile or characterize PI (Power Integrity), voltage droop, or power delivery issue observed on SLT platforms in collaboration with board/silicon designers
• Involve collaboration on or assume consultative or leadership responsibilities for a specific project or for product development initiatives
• Provide technical supervision or mentoring to junior engineers
• Upscale overall team capabilities on low level system debug for AMD data center product families

About you

• Proficient understanding of High Power Delivery (above 1kW) design, power capacitors and inductors, buck/boost converters
• Experience with IVR (Integrated Voltage Regulator)
• Broad understanding of silicon VFT (Voltage/Frequency/Temperature) behavior, on-die silicon power integrity, and system level power management
• Strong technical, analytical, leadership and problem-solving skills
• Independent and resourceful individual
• Experience and good understanding of Power Delivery design for high power GPU product (above 1kW)
• Strong expertise with using analyzers and oscilloscopes, and other debug tools
• Knowledge and working experience on GPU and HBM architecture, SoC design and SoC power management features
• Strong and effective presentation, written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work with geographically distributed product engineering teams
• Proficiency in Windows and Linux operating systems
• Basic scripting proficiency for automation (Shell script, Perl, Ruby, Python)
• 8 years or more industry experience
• BS/MS Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or comparable disciplines