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Technical Program Manager, AI Research Engineering

AMD

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/18/2026

Compensation

USD $163,730.00/Yr. – USD $233,900.00/Yr.

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-61% YoY
πŸ’Ž Strong sponsor

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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