Software System Design Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Shanghai (Job ID 71024-en-us)

Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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THE ROLE: 

The mission of the Principal Technical Lead is to orchestrate and elevate the quality, consistency, and competitiveness of AMD's GPU software ecosystem on Linux. This leader will bridge strategic objectives with technical execution across the ROCm stack and Linux driver portfolios (both packaged and inbox), ensuring a seamless, powerful, and reliable experience for developers, researchers, and enterprises choosing AMD for their accelerated computing needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Strategic Technical Leadership & SOW Definition
  • Act as the central technical nexus between Product Management, Software Architecture, and engineering teams (kernel, ROCm, QA, support).
  • Translate high-level product goals and market requirements into detailed, actionable, and prioritized Technical Statements of Work (SOWs) for RSL AI validation team
    ensure validation plans are coherent, dependencies are managed, and resources are aligned to deliver on strategic commitments for both Radeon and Ryzen AI solutions.
• Quality, Test & Process Optimization:
  • Own the definition and evolution of the product quality bar for AMD's Linux GPU software. · Champion and drive the implementation of a robust, scalable, and automated CI/CD and test infrastructure across Native Linux, WSL, and various hardware platforms.
  • Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for software quality, release velocity, and regression rates. Use data to drive continuous improvement in development and testing efficiency
    
• Unified User Experience & Competitive Analysis:
  • Define and monitor a holistic user experience (UX) scorecard encompassing installation, performance predictability, documentation, and debugging.
  • Institute a formal, ongoing competitive analysis framework to benchmark the AMD software stack (ROCm + Drivers) against key competitors across performance, feature parity, stability, and usability.
  • Serve as the ultimate internal advocate for the end-user, ensuring customer and community feedback is systematically integrated into the development lifecycle.
• Linux Ecosystem & Driver Consistency:
  • Provide technical guidance and oversight to ensure flawless synchronization between the AMD packaged driver and the upstream Linux kernel (inbox) driver.
  • Strengthen AMD's partnership with the Linux kernel community and major distributions (e.g., Canonical, Red Hat, SUSE).
  • Drives a consistent and high-quality user experience regardless of the driver delivery channel (OS vendor vs. AMD.com).

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software development, with at least 5 years in a technical leadership or program management role overseeing complex, cross-functional software projects.
• Deep, hands-on technical expertise in the Linux ecosystem: kernel development, driver model, packaging, and open-source community dynamics.
• Proven experience with modern software engineering practices: Agile methodologies, CI/CD, test automation, and performance benchmarking.
• Exceptional communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to articulate complex technical issues to both engineers and executives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision making.
• Exposure to systems architecture
• Experience running, analyzing, and system benchmarks
• Solid programming skills in Python, C, or C++

HIGHLY PREFFERED: 

• Direct experience with GPU compute technologies (ROCm, HIP, CUDA, OpenCL) and AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Established credibility and relationships within the Linux kernel or other major open-source communities.
• Experience in competitive analysis and strategy in a hardware/software co-design environment.
• Prior experience with both packaged product delivery and upstream/open-source development models

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