Senior Product Development Engineer (Product Definition)

THE ROLE

As an MTS Product Development Engineer focused on Product Definition, you will play a key role in shaping AMD's next-generation high-performance semiconductor products. You will work at the interface of design, product management and systems, helping transform market needs into actionable engineering requirements. This position is ideal for a technically skilled engineer with a passion for defining cutting-edge products in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Your contribution will ensure AMD continues to push the limits of innovation and delivers solutions that meet diverse customer demands across computing, data centers, and immersive technologies.

THE PERSON

The ideal candidate is both technically proficient and highly collaborative, with strong systems-level understanding and problem-solving capabilities. You can analyze complex market demands, distill them into measurable technical specifications, and work collaboratively across cross-functional teams. You are detail-oriented, thrive under timelines, and are passionate about contributing to groundbreaking technology development.

Key Attributes:

• Passionate about technology innovation and product optimization.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for working with diverse technical and business teams.
• A proactive and self-driven mindset with an ability to manage overlapping priorities and dynamic project demands.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Product Definition: Own post silicon power/performance attainment by analyzing silicon characterization data to optimize power, performance, yield and quality. This includes laying out the key milestone plan and timelines for power attainment through the development phases of a product life cycle. Define test points based on bounding box requirements.
• Collaboration Across Teams: Interface with system architects, design teams, automated test engineering (ATE), systems level teams (SLT) and platform teams to identify trade-offs and align products with use cases to meet customer expectations.
• Feature Prioritization: Balance performance, cost, power, and area considerations to optimize deliverables for various customer verticals.
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Monitor, assess, and document development risks while proposing solutions to minimize impact on timelines and product outcomes.
• AI Adoption: Experiment with AI tools to drive improved efficiency and effectiveness.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Good analytical skills and proficiency with engineering data analysis tools such as Excel, JMP, Python, SQL, Power BI, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience in charz analysis, statistical modeling, guardband optimization, and data-driven decision making.
• Understanding of power parameters like leakage IDDQ, AC capacitance etc.
• Proven experience in analyzing silicon power/characterization data to establish product operating limits, specifications, and production guardbands.
• In depth understanding of semiconductor test methodologies and DFT features including SCAN, MBIST, JTAG, and CREST.
• Proven ability to work across Design, Test, Quality, Reliability, Platform, and other cross functional teams to drive issue resolution and product improvement.
• Experience presenting technical findings and risk assessments to senior management and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrate technical leadership with experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation for data analysis, reporting, and workflow optimization is a plus.
• Demonstrate curiosity and adoption of emerging AI technologies to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence. Experience with AI agents, ability to leverage AI-assisted tools and workflow orchestration for engineering applications will be advantageous.
• Experience in semiconductor product development, product engineering.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• BS/MS Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or comparable disciplines