Software System Designer 2 (1 year contract) Job Listing at AMD in Markham, ON (Job ID 67293-en-us)

Description

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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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SOFTWARE SYSTEM DESIGNER 2 

THE ROLE: 

This is an exciting role in which you will have excellent exposure to all the latest AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) technologies. Imagine yourself as part of the team which will deliver our next generation of our products or automation for many of our reference solutions. This is a phenomenal opportunity to work in an outstanding company like AMD.  

The GPU Virtualization team works directly with Cloud Service Providers like AWS and Microsoft to unleash the power of the latest graphics processors in the cloud. We develop kernel driver software for professional, server-grade GPUs, such as AMD Radeon Pro V720, allowing a single GPU to be shared by up to 36 Virtual Machines.

Testing the latest virtualization driver on multiple platforms while working in a fast-growing team with industry experts. The candidate will be helping with qualification of our products including performance analysis, functional testing, and power measurements.

THE PERSON: 

You are a self-starter who is able to achieve successful outcomes in a non-hierarchical environment.  Detailed oriented, you have the ability to multitask through planning/organizing. You have excellent communication and presentation skills and a passion to push the limits of software on innovative platforms. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Define and execute testcases for GPU Virtualization
• Provision hypervisor servers
• Create and maintain automation test testcases
• Analyze and narrow down issues found during testing
• Reproduce and triage issues reported by customers
  
• Performance analysis and software optimization 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Extensive experience of scripting with Python, Linux bash, PowerShell
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux environments 

• Experience with software development process and tools such as debuggers and source code control systems a plus  
• Knowledge of KVM/Hyper-V/VMWARE is a plus  

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent 

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