Performance tester Jobs in Markham, ON

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Base pay range

$150,400.00 / yr - $225,600.00 / yr

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.

The Role

The successful candidate will work in AMD's Client and Graphics SOC Performance Team in Markham, Canada. The team’s mandate is to analyze and optimize the architectural performance of AMD’s PC and Gaming processors. This role will involve analyzing and tracing key CPU, Graphics and AI workloads, performance modeling of internal and competitive hardware platforms, debugging SOC performance issues and the development of performance evaluation tools and methodologies.

The Person

You have a passion for leading edge SoC architecture, design and verification. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and enjoys collaborating with architects & engineers located in different sites and time-zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with IP and SOC architects to develop and optimize leading edge processors
• Characterize workloads, project performance and debug performance issues
• Run performance simulations and analyze results to evaluate architectural features
• Analyze the competition and identify areas for future improvement
• Enhance existing application tracing techniques
• Develop and maintain tools for data collection and analysis
• Execute post-silicon debug / tuning efforts to ensure AMD processors are fully performance optimized
• Job responsibilities also include multi-discipline interactions with microprocessor architects, ISA definition owners, software optimizers, compiler team, logic designers, and verification engineers to identify, resolve and document architectural performance issues

Preferred Experience

Experience analyzing system bottlenecks and optimizing computing systems for performance

Academic Credentials

Location : Markham, Ontario CA (Hybrid)

Benefits offered are described : AMD benefits at a glance.

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