Technical Program Manager, AI Research Engineering
AMDTechnical Program Manager, AI Research Engineering
AMDLocation
Santa Clara, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/18/2026
Compensation
USD $163,730.00/Yr. β USD $233,900.00/Yr.
Job description
The Technical Program Manager at AMD will drive execution across AI Research Engineering, Applied AI, ML Systems, and AI/ML Platform teams. This hands-on role requires translating complex technical strategies into clear execution plans while collaborating with various engineering and research teams. The focus is on coordinating programs related to AI/ML workflows, reinforcement learning, and performance engineering. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in aligning teams and ensuring the successful delivery of projects.
Requirements
- Strong experience in Technical Program Management or Engineering Program Management within complex software, AI/ML, or engineering environments.
- Strong technical fluency in AI/ML systems, software engineering, distributed systems, or ML infrastructure.
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex workstreams with ambiguous requirements and shifting priorities.
- Excellent communication skills with engineers, researchers, technical leaders, and executives.
- Strong skills in program planning, dependency management, risk management, milestone tracking, and executive-level status reporting.
Responsibilities
- Lead planning and execution of complex, cross-functional AI/ML and engineering programs, including milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, and critical paths.
- Translate ambiguous technical goals into structured plans, workstreams, success metrics, and acceptance criteria.
- Align engineering, research, platform, and hardware/software teams on priorities, scope, and delivery.
- Establish execution rhythms, track milestones and blockers, and provide clear executive-level status reporting.
- Coordinate platform and AI workflow initiatives involving benchmarking, evaluation, experiment tracking, distributed training/inference, and automation.
- Track measurable outcomes such as performance, correctness, regression rates, adoption, experiment throughput, and infrastructure utilization.
- Drive pilot and production readiness, including rollout plans, documentation, support, and retrospectives.
- Identify recurring delivery bottlenecks and drive improvements to processes, staffing, and technical roadmaps.
Benefits
- AMD provides a competitive 'Total Rewards' package that focuses on financial growth, health, and work-life balance.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts Β· latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Advanced Micro Devices Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
71
FY2026
Approval rate
99.2%
FY2026
LCA certified
263
FY2026
Entry-level share
4.2%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-61%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-68%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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