Software Development Engineer – AI/ML Full-time

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THE ROLE:

In this role, you will join the organization to enable AI acceleration at scale. You will work on developing tools and methodologies to optimize and realize full system performance for AI workloads on Ryzen AI SoC. You will explore novel optimization techniques to accelerate the latest AI models addressing vision, language, and generative models, working with the leading engineers in AMD’s CPU, GPU, and Adaptable Compute teams. You will be tasked with analyzing AI workloads, analyzing system-level performance bottlenecks, and finding ways to achieve the best performance and power.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop tools to analyze AI workloads and find optimal mapping to AI accelerators.
• Work with cross-functional teams to optimize various parts of the SW stack – AI Compiler, AI frameworks, device drivers, and firmware.
• Explore and iterate on finding optimal tiling and data movement strategies for the latest AI models, including generative AI and new models.
• Work with teams across AMD to specify requirements for backend libraries, compilers, and toolchains to accelerate AI models on AMD platforms.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Solid knowledge of AI and ML concepts and techniques. Practical experience applying these concepts to solve real-world problems in the context of research or work experience.
• Understanding the performance implications on AI acceleration of different compute, memory, and communication configurations and hardware and software implementation choices.
• Developing and optimizing code for VLIW processors. Analyzing code for high performance CONV, GEMM and non-linear operators – focusing on compute and data movement
• Deep understanding of AI frameworks, preferably ONNX.
• Experience with AI/ML inference stacks such as ONNXRuntime.
• Previous experience with GPU acceleration with either AMD or Nvidia GPUs.
• Working collaboratively through version control systems (e.g., git)
• Experience in benchmarking methodologies and debugging tools.
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Location:

San Jose, CA.

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package. Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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