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AMD

Designs chips for computers and AI systems

Head of AI Engineering Productivity - Global Cluster Engineering

Full-TimeDeadline 7/10/27
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD
Seattle, WA, USA+2 moreMore locations: Austin, TX, USA | Santa Clara, CA, USA
In Person
Software EngineeringAI Application Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • Deep expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, large language models, agentic architectures, modern artificial intelligence tooling, artificial intelligence-native developer workflows, artificial intelligence copilots, autonomous agents, and intelligent workflow systems.
  • Hands-on experience with agent frameworks, tool use, orchestration systems, memory architectures, evaluation systems, model integration, model evaluation, and model deployment.
  • Experience delivering platform-level products and production-ready artificial intelligence solutions within large-scale engineering organizations.
  • Expertise implementing intelligent automation solutions, including automated bug triage, issue routing, workflow automation, intelligent task execution, artificial intelligence-powered documentation generation, onboarding assistants, knowledge retrieval systems, and conversational artificial intelligence.
  • Experience optimizing inference performance, artificial intelligence infrastructure, scalability, operational efficiency, and deployment costs at enterprise scale.
  • Knowledge of multimodal models, emerging artificial intelligence ecosystems, open-source artificial intelligence communities, agent technologies, and developer productivity tools.
  • Proven track record delivering complex technology platforms at scale and driving cross-organizational transformation initiatives across engineering, research, product, infrastructure, and business organizations.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
Responsibilities
  • Define and execute AMD’s artificial intelligence enablement strategy across software engineering, hardware development, validation, operations, and business functions.
  • Lead adoption of artificial intelligence copilots, autonomous agents, and intelligent workflows throughout the engineering lifecycle.
  • Deploy agentic systems that autonomously triage issues, route work, and propose solutions across large-scale engineering environments.
  • Build scalable artificial intelligence platforms, application programming interfaces, frameworks, and services that accelerate safe and effective artificial intelligence adoption across teams.
  • Establish best practices for artificial intelligence model integration, evaluation, deployment, governance, and operationalization.
  • Develop reusable agent frameworks that support tool orchestration, memory management, workflow automation, and customization.
  • Identify opportunities to replace manual processes with intelligent, artificial intelligence-driven workflows that improve efficiency and scalability.
  • Drive measurable improvements in engineering productivity, developer velocity, hardware validation cycles, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Enable artificial intelligence-powered capabilities such as documentation generation, onboarding assistants, knowledge retrieval, and workflow automation.
  • Transform internal support functions through conversational agents capable of executing tasks across business operations.
  • Partner with engineering, research, infrastructure, and product leaders to identify priorities and accelerate artificial intelligence adoption.
  • Collaborate with external partners, model providers, infrastructure vendors, and open-source communities to incorporate best-in-class technologies.
  • Optimize artificial intelligence platform performance, inference efficiency, and operational cost at scale.
  • Evaluate emerging artificial intelligence ecosystems, multimodal models, development tools, and agentic technologies to guide strategic investments.
Desired Qualifications
  • A master’s or PhD degree is preferred.
  • Ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels while translating emerging artificial intelligence capabilities into measurable business impact.

About the company

AMD designs processors, graphics chips and AI accelerators for computer makers, cloud operators and businesses that build electronic devices. Its Ryzen processors power personal computers, while EPYC processors handle work in data centers and Radeon chips render graphics. Instinct accelerators run AI models, paired with software that developers use to train models and put them into production. AMD sells chips and related computing systems through equipment makers, distributors and retail channels, and contracts with outside foundries to fabricate its semiconductor designs. It was founded in 1969 and has its headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

1969

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What believers are saying

  • Data centers drive growth: AMD's revenue rose 50% to $11.5 billion in the June 2026 quarter.
  • US learning support is conditional: AMD reimburses up to $5,250 yearly for education, subject to manager approval and funding.
  • Planned demand has an anchor: AMD's July 2026 Anthropic deal targets up to two gigawatts of computing from 2027.

What critics are saying

  • Advanced chip supply relies on one foundry: TSMC makes all AMD processor and graphics wafers at 7nm or smaller.
  • Gaming is shrinking despite AI growth: AMD's gaming revenue fell 31% to $779 million in the June 2026 quarter.
  • Lab work limits location flexibility: AMD lists its Santa Clara optical-interconnect integration engineer role as on-site.

What makes AMD unique

  • Two console families use its designs: AMD designs custom processors for Sony's PlayStation 5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series.
  • Developers inspect its GPU software: AMD's ROCm stack is open source, while Nvidia's CUDA platform remains proprietary.
  • Chip circuitry stays adjustable: AMD sells adaptive processors whose hardware configuration changes after manufacture, without replacing the chip.

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