Systems Power Engineer - Recent college graduate || Austin, TX - Onsite

Title: Systems Power Engineer

Location: Austin, TX (onsite)

Duration: 12 months contract

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• Entry level position
• Recent college graduate preferred, but the manager is also open to reviewing candidates with up to 3 years of relevant experience and candidates who are about to graduate
• Electrical engineering background preferred because of the focus on power and performance, but computer engineering will also be considered
• Requirements listed in the job description are in the order of importance, especially the top two skills, everything else is a bonus
• Top 3 skills: EE design work, communication skills, experience with computer architecture
  
  

Seeking an enthusiastic electrical engineer to join our Power and Performance Customer Attainment team and work on best-in-class products. This is a design/test engineering position that entails working with multifunctional groups as well as clients/OEMs to innovate the technology implemented in AMD's products. The team is mainly focused on power validation of silicon products and debugging PC systems with an emphasis on platform-level debug.

Education Requirements

• Recent college graduate holding a degree in EE or equivalent (Bachelors acceptable, no longer reviewing candidates with a Master's degree)
• Manager is also open to reviewing candidates with up to 3 years of relevant experience and candidates who are about to graduate
  
  

Job Requirements

• Should demonstrate strong EE fundamentals (analog/digital design, signal/power integrity, etc.) - required
• Strong understanding of BIOS, OS, and driver interactions at the system level as well as proficient understanding of x86 CPU architecture and functionality - required
• Expertise in scripting and automation languages (Perl, PowerShell, Python, etc.) as well as a good familiarity with basic lab equipment, data acquisition devices, and switching power supplies - preferred
• Experience with leading PCB technology and electrical design and characterization of the following areas: DDR4/5, USB-C, LPDP, MIPI and I2C/SPI/UART buses - preferred
• Experience in one or more of: MCU, power (DC-DC converters, power management, low power design), analog circuits, display technology, and integration - preferred
• Expertise in board CAD tools including Cadence Concept & Allegro - preferred
  
  

The role is self-starting and the candidate should be able to deal with a high level of ambiguity as well as constant communication with the client/OEM, internal system and software engineers, external vendors, and System on Chip (SoC) architects to debug and improve power models and drivers used for future client programs.