Lead AI/ML Software Use Cases Validation Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead validation and quality ownership of AI/ML compute stacks on Ubuntu and Yocto
• Define validation strategy, test architecture, and coverage across functional, performance, stress, regression, and scalability testing
• Own and drive the defect lifecycle, including triage, root cause analysis, and closure
• Validate end‐to‐end AI pipelines, including:
• Model training, conversion, and optimization (e.g., PyTorch → ONNX)
• Kernel execution, memory transfers, and inference accuracy
• Define and execute AI benchmarking and profiling strategies for training and inference workloads
• Analyze compute, memory, and latency bottlenecks and drive system‐level and model‐level optimizations
• Validate AI frameworks and runtimes ( PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX Runtime )
• Execute and optimize workloads on ROCm/HIP, CUDA, OpenCL, and heterogeneous accelerators
• Design and own Python‐based automation frameworks for validation, benchmarking, and reporting
• Drive improvements in validation scalability, efficiency, and performance coverage
• Collaborate closely with compiler, runtime, driver, and hardware teams
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior and junior engineers
• Communicate validation status, performance metrics, and quality risks to stakeholders
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• Job Summary
• We are seeking a Lead AI/ML Member of Technical Staff (MTS) with 8–12 years of experience to own and drive validation of AI/ML compute stacks and Physical AI SDKs. This role leads end‐to‐end AI pipeline validation, benchmarking, and performance optimization on Linux platforms, working closely with architecture, compiler, runtime, and hardware teams to deliver production‐quality AI solutions aligned to real customer use cases.

Technical

Validation & Process

Soft Skills

Qualifications

• Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.
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• This posting is for an existing vacancy.