WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences-from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you'll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges-striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.
Together, we advance your career. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Lead CPU Core Hardware Security validation across post-silicon environments, ensuring feature quality, security, and product readiness and influence design and architecture.
- Drive validation of innovation through AI, automation, tool development, coverage enhancement, and methodology improvements.
- Collaborate with CPU architects, RTL, firmware, and software teams to understand feature specifications, identify gaps, and define validation strategies.
- Develop test plans, validation documentation, and coverage models for CPU, security, firmware, hypervisor, and operating system interactions.
- Create directed and random stress, and security-focused test suites to validate CPU functionality, privilege transitions, memory protection, and virtualization features.
- Debug complex silicon, firmware, and validation failures using architecture, scan, trace, and system-level debug techniques to determine root cause and drive resolution.
- Validate hardware security technologies including Secure Boot, Secure Processor, Memory Encryption, Secure Nested Paging (SNP), attestation, and virtualization security features.
- Validate mitigations for speculative execution, side-channel, and privilege escalation vulnerabilities, including Spectre and Meltdown-class protections.
- Lead cross-functional execution, drive issue closure, manage technical risks, generate validation weekly reports and ensure validation milestones are met.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership in validation, debug, and security methodologies.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE- Strong background in CPU architecture, microarchitecture, and hardware security.
- Hands-on experience in CPU Core or Security post-silicon validation, test development, and complex system-level debug.
- Strong knowledge of x86/x86-64 architecture, exception handling, paging, memory management, cache coherency, and processor initialization.
- Experience validating hardware security technologies such as Secure Boot, Memory Encryption, SNP, Trusted Execution Environments, attestation, and virtualization security.
- Understanding transient execution vulnerabilities and mitigations, including Spectre, Meltdown, side-channel protections, and secure execution techniques.
- Experience debugging firmware, RTL, and silicon issues using simulation, emulation, and post-silicon validation tools.
- Strong programming skills in x86-64 Assembly, C, and C++.
- Proficiency with Python, Perl, Ruby, Shell, or similar scripting languages.
- Experience developing automation solutions and validation infrastructure in Linux and distributed compute environments.
- Experience working with Linux, hypervisors, virtual machines, and cloud-scale environments.
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive execution across multiple engineering teams.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS- Bachelor's / Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer engineering, or a technology related field
LOCATION: Folsom, CA
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.#LI-DNI
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