Principal Systems Design Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Austin, TX (Job ID 71856-en-us)

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THE ROLE:

As a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer in the Data Center Platform Engineering Group (DPEG) Mechanical Engineering department, you will be responsible for the mechanical design, technology development, and production support for the AMD Data Center GPU products in this expanding and strategic market for AMD.  In addition, you will also lead a part of the team to drive the mechanical design of these products at a chip module, card, system-level, rack, and data center level.  To accomplish this, you will need to interact with other key engineering teams such as silicon design, board engineering, validation, manufacturing and leaders within AMD, our customers, and our partners.

THE PERSON:

The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer  in the DPEG Mechanical Engineering team will have excellent communication skills, planning skills, technical expertise, broad technical leadership skills, and critical problem-solving skills. They will be market savvy, well versed in server and rack as well as data center infrastructure and comfortable in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer in the DPEG Mechanical Engineering team will be responsible for assisting in the technical leadership of a small, but highly focused global engineering team based in Austin, Texas.  The successful candidate will have a mechanical development background focusing on the integration of silicon devices onto boards and into products, server architecture (board, system, rack and datacenter level), and cooling designs. They will lead as part of a global team in delivering commercially viable products to the marketplace in a timely and cost-effective manner.

The Engineer will manage work assignments and coordinate results with a cross functional team, as well as develop key relationships with OEM/ODM customers.  The position includes focusing on the technology development and productization of mechanical architecture provided by concept team, packaging technologies, production control, and system-level technologies for AMD's products.   

Specific pre-silicon work would include mechanical feature definition and design, package technology development, mechanical modeling, tolerance analysis, server level architecture and system development for specific AMD markets.  Specific post-silicon work includes test planning and creation, characterization, data analysis, and customer/reference system design and characterization.  This role requires considerable use of initiative and independent judgment.

The selected candidate should have the ability to influence and effectively communicate their vision throughout the organization. They will be a driver of continuous improvement and new ways of thinking by promoting new ideas/perspectives around mechanical design, architectures, and product definition.

The following defines successful performance criteria for the position:

• Commercialization– The Principal Engineer in the Mechanical Engineering team will lead the team to bring together hardware, software, product development and manufacturing activities to deliver commercially-viable products/platforms to the marketplace in a timely and cost-effective manner.  The position will drive engineering work that spans a broad timeline from innovative technology development to productization.
• Technology Roadmap/ Product Development Plan– The candidate will be expected to review, summarize, and regularly update the technology roadmap and product development execution plan for the team
• Continuous Improvement– The role will be expected to constantly drive process improvements while executing fast time-to-market on products.  Key metrics will show progress and enable the setting of targets.  Performance metrics and process improvements will be utilized to drive continuous improvements

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer of the DPEG Mechanical Engineering team must have demonstrated the ability to be a constant force for innovation and improvement throughout their career. The successful candidate must have experience leading junior level engineers and will play a pivotal role in empowering and strengthening the core values of this team. Our selected candidate will use his/her proven leadership and engineering skills to ensure the engineering team continuously innovates, uses best practices and adds value for the customers.

Critical Experiences & Competencies for Success:

• Technical Leadership Experience - At least 10 (10+) years of technical subject matter leadership experience in a large, fast paced environment. Other experiences should include demonstrated accomplishments in growing, mentoring junior engineers, providing technical guidance, and ultimately building fully functional leadership teams. Project management of multiple technically diverse programs in parallel is required.
• Technical Experience - Solid understanding of mechanical design, design for manufacture, and mechanical analysis. Server Infrastructure design is a must. The selected candidates should understand and be proficient in the development of mechanical solutions at the silicon, package, and system-level for semi-conductor products; data analysis and characterization, optimization of packaging for increased quality and cost improvement of high-end semiconductor products such as microprocessors.  
• Mechanical Modelling - Working knowledge of statistical analysis, structural analysis, Finite Element Analysis, and tolerance analysis. Solidworks and Creo CAD experience is required and Ansys knowledge is a plus.    
• Strategic Thinking -   The decisions made by this position will have long term impact on the capability and competitiveness of the organization.  As a result, this person must be skilled at defining and implementing strategies in a dynamic, high-tech business environment that involves significant uncertainty, difficult competition, and potential for new entrants.
• Teamwork - Effective collaboration with the entire company, operations, vendors, and external partners is particularly critical for success.  Leading by example and instilling effective teamwork throughout the organization is imperative. 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

BS +10 yrs in Mechanical Engineering.  Any speculation in related field is advantageous. An advanced Engineering degree would be an added plus.

LOCATION:

Austin, Texas

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