Gpu Security/Firmware Validation Engineer

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GPU Security/Firmware Validation Engineer
The Role
The Datacenter Graphics and Accelerated Computing Validation Team is looking for dynamic and energetic GPU Security/Firmware Validation Engineers to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s IP, you will be part of a leading team to drive and enhance AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry leading technologies used for Datacenter, Machine Learning, and High Performance Computing. The team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.
The Person
A self-starter with the ability to execute complex test plans independently and collaborate with others to resolve problems found. As a lead you are expected to guide junior engineers, you should feel comfortable working in a lab environment.
Key Responsibilities
Technical, hands-on engineer responsible for Datacenter GPU SoC Post-Silicon features validation and enablement at the silicon SoC level up through VBIOS, system firmware, and OS levels on AMD Server products. This individual will be primarily responsible for interfacing with silicon, firmware, and platform design groups to develop and execute validation test plans for Datacenter Server SoC products during emulation and post-silicon bring-up / validation, to debug SoC feature issues, and to run and maintain validation infrastructure.
Responsibilities Include

• Be able to work in a high demand, fast paced environment with lots of real-time problem solving and critical thinking
• Leading collaborative technical discussions to drive resolution on technical issues and roll out technical initiatives
• Perform system-level debug and root cause analysis to narrow down the issues to various HW/SW blocks
• Support on customer platforms as requested by customer support teams.
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve post-silicon validation test strategy, methodology, and process
• Develop knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
• Drive technical innovation to enhance AMD’s capabilities in RAS IP validation including tools and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Provide meaningful execution and issue update to program management.
• Drive post-silicon debug efforts to identify root cause and resolution of AMD's newest Datacenter GPU SoC
• Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure (software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup)
• Develop and execute feature enablement and validation test plans for SoC- and system-level SoC features across all AMD Server products
• Execute test cases in pre-silicon environment.
• Test interactions between various Datacenter GPU SoC features using validation infrastructure

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Physical and protocol levels of common high speed interfaces an asset
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Must excel in a dynamic team working environment
• Strong programming/scripting skills (C/C++, Python, Perl)
• Common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Test plan and test development experience
• Silicon debug techniques and methodologies both SoC and system level
• Leadership and mentoring skills a definite asset
• Experience in following technical areas:
• Board / platform-level debug, including clock/power delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization
• Working knowledge of Server OSes (Linux, Windows Server)
• Knowledge of computer hardware architecture (CPU/GPU, x86, PCIe, memory, bus logic) and software architecture (driver, bios, firmware usage)
• Graphics experience a plus
• Digital logic / platform design, verification, or post-silicon validation
• Fusing knowledge
• Must be a self-starter and be able to independently drive tasks to completion
• Security IP design and architecture
• Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure

Academic Credentials
Bachelors or Masters Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
7+ years of experience in SoC validation and debug
LOCATION:
Markham, Ontario, Canada
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