System Validation & Failure Analysis Engineer

AMD

Austin, TX Full-time 3/24/2026 $105k - $157.4k per year

Undergraduate Entry-Level

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•FY 2025

Job Description

As a Quality Failure Analysis Engineer at AMD, you will be responsible for conducting failure analysis on advanced semiconductor products. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve complex issues, ensuring product quality and reliability.

Requirements

Strong technical and analytical expertise in Component Debug, Power Management, PCIe, and Memory Validation
Experience in CPU/GPU Architecture, debug/validation, stress or functional test development
Experience debugging complex Software/Hardware/FW related failures from new product introduction through production
Strong programming experience with Python, shell script, or similar, Windows and Linux OS
Hands-on experience with server platforms and lab equipment
Understanding of Firmware and drivers, and their interaction with Hardware
Understanding of Power Management Concepts and working knowledge of PVT dependencies and Margining
Strong leadership, communication, documentation, and presentation skills
Experience with GPU data center infrastructure is a plus
AI ML experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Bring up Server Platforms, develop and execute DOE's to reproduce and isolate failures, identify and help resolve quality issues
Develop automation and tools to run tests and analyze results/logs
Perform debug and drive root cause analysis across silicon, system, and Rack-level issues
Collaborate with Customer Quality Engineers, design and validation teams to identify root causes for hardware and firmware issues
Partner with Product Line Quality/Test teams to implement corrective actions and improve test capability
Own end to end FA, document findings, analyze and present data, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
Create Failure Analysis reports
Participate in NPI of future products, oversee the set-up of new products and test stations for Failure Analysis operations

Benefits

AMD provides a competitive 'Total Rewards' package that focuses on financial growth, health, and work-life balance.

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