Power & Firmware Program Manager - Data Center GPU Job Listing at AMD in Austin, TX (Job ID 55548-en-us)

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THE ROLE:

Technical program manager role is responsible for leading program level power, firmware and FPGA deliverables and related dependencies, ensuring power delivery design, firmware and FPGA delivery on schedule for next generation AMD Data Center products.

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate has been responsible for the delivery of programs from Concept through Customer Ship, working with large, matrixed teams to plan and execute system level products. You will understand the technical challenges in the interaction of silicon, software and board elements on next generation computing system solutions. You are energized by working in a fast-paced technical organization across multiple sites, with multifaceted product requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Responsible for leading program level power delivery design, firmware and FPGA deliverables and related dependencies, ensuring firmware commitment delivery on schedule from emulation through end of life
• Responsibilities include defining and leading key product deliverables/schedules and driving cross functional activities to achieve high quality deliverables to internal teams as well as customers
• Primary contact for power and firmware deliverables and issue status for AMD internal teams
• Foster relationship with program, development, QA and validation teams, while leading expectations of internal and external teams
• Advocate strong process discipline for firmware release sampling, silicon release sampling, firmware issue tracking and operational firmware processes
• Align with AMD cross-functional teams (Design, Platform, Validation & QA, Customer Teams, and Firmware/FPGA Development) on requirements, schedules, and deliverables, as well as communicating same
• Coordinate hardware and silicon sampling ordering to meet committed firmware/FPGA deliverables
• Maintain awareness of, and provide status reports on power design and firmware readiness, status and key issues
• Identify program risks and coordinate with power design and firmware management on mitigation plans
• Commit to the highest levels of internal and external customer happiness
• Initiates significant changes to existing processes and methods to improve project and team efficiencies

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in areas of datacenter system design, software development, and validation
• Experience in the computing industry, at the OEM, ODM, or technology provider level
• Experience managing and delivering programs
• Experience leading cross-functional and cross-regional teams to deliver program goals
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Results driven
• Highly organized, strong attention to detail, able to prioritize, and balance multiple work streams to tight deadlines
• Deals efficiently with people in tense situations and confronts and resolves conflicts efficiently
• Ability to network quickly and independently to align resources towards a common goal
• Ensures that project goals and project objectives are met
• Makes decisions or takes actions that move items to closure without divisiveness
• PMP certification a plus, but not required
• MCU and FPGA knowledge a plus, but not required

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in electrical, computer engineering, or computer science strongly preferred
• Project management experience in a manufacturing test environment
• Skilled in MS Office & MS Project tool suites, Confluence, MS SharePoint 

LOCATION: 

Austin, Texas or Markham, Ontario, Canada

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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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