Principal Software Development 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.

Who We're Looking For

You are influential software 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.

You: Are a hands-on senior engineer with a passion for machine learning techniques and software engineering. You possess engineering skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. You can communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.

What you'll be part of:

• Research, prototype, benchmark different ML algorithms from conceptual phase to deployment on GPU
• Research, prototype different quantization techniques for the graphics ML algorithms
• Optimize existing ML algorithms with techniques such as quantization
• Work across research, hardware, driver and compiler teams to analyze and troubleshoot performance issues, provide solutions to improve rendering speed and ML workload efficiency.
• Stay current with latest advancements in GPU hardware, rendering techniques, graphics APIs and GPU accelerated ML.
• Document and share knowledge on best practices for GPU programming (both graphics and compute/ML) within the team.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.

Experience

• Understanding Machine Learning techniques and its application within graphics
• ML model development and optimization such as quantization
• Strong ML development pipeline experience in production environment
• Strong python/porch development experiences from concept to production
• Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus
• Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++ preferred
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills
• Good interpersonal skills

Nice to Have But Not Essential:

• Proven experience in developing and optimizing GPU kernels for machine learning workloads (eg:, using HIP, OpenCL, CUDA, HLSL )
• Ability to program in low level languages (x86 asm, SSE, ISA, Ptx, AMD assembly)
• Strong understanding of GPU architecture (compute cores, cache hierarchy, memory model), graphics APIs (DirectX, OpenGL, Vulkan, etc.), and shader programming.
• Solid understanding of common neural network operators, their mathematical foundations, and computational requirements.

Academics

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

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__This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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