Performance Modeling Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.

Together, we advance your career. Performance Modeling Engineer

The Role AMD is hiring performance architects to model, analyze and optimize high-performance System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designs for data-center applications spanning AI, Cloud computing, Enterprise, High-Performance Computing workloads, etc. Candidates excited to tackle the most complex and exciting challenges in the industry are encouraged to apply.

The Person Successful candidates in this role possess a keen attention to detail, excellent collaboration skills, ability to work independently and come up with creative solutions to challenging engineering problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a Performance Architect in AMD's design engineering team.
• Participate in microarchitecture exploration, performance modeling, and analysis for SoC designs that include next-generation CPU cores, memory technologies, scalable interconnects, and quality-of-service.
• Intimately understand design architecture and propose solutions to enhance performance.
• Responsible for micro-benchmarking, workload characterization, competitive analysis, bottleneck identification, and optimization.
• Develop tools and methodologies for performance analysis of workloads.
• Communicate, propose, and implement solutions to enhance processor and system performance.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with CPU or SoC architecture / microarchitecture
• Experience with the development and usage of performance models or simulators
• Experience with computer workload analysis
• Strong programming skills, especially in C++ Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance. AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here. This posting is for an existing vacancy.