Graduate Trainee - Product Development Engineer

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THE ROLE:

Technical, hands-on engineer responsible for Datacenter Server SoC Post-Silicon features validation and enablement at the silicon SoC level up through BIOS, system firmware, and OS levels on AMD Server products.  This individual will be primarily responsible for interfacing with silicon, firmware, and platform design groups to develop and execute validation test plans for Datacenter Server SoC products during emulation and post-silicon bring-up / validation, to debug SoC feature issues, and to run and maintain validation infrastructure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and execute feature enablement and validation test plans for SoC- and system-level SoC features across all AMD Server products
• Develop post-silicon validation tests and infrastructure (software, hardware, automation environment, and lab setup)
• Test interactions between various SoC features using validation infrastructure
• Debug and drive root-cause analysis for SoC related issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in developing tools to improve SoC validation and debug
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve post-silicon validation test strategy, methodology, and process

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Understanding of modern x86 microprocessor architecture and Server platform architecture
• Understand validation methodologies
• Familiarity with programming / scripting language (C/C++, Python, Perl, ...)
• Working knowledge of Server OSes especially on device and platform configuration(Linux, Windows)
• Must be a self-starting team player with excellent communication skills who can work with minimal guidance
• Forward thinker that drives improvement to development process and code architecture
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Working knowledge of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and protocol analyzers
• Debug skills at both SoC and system level
• Self-organizing and the ability multitask based on priorities

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Electronics / Computer Science  experience in SoC validation and debug.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.