Power & Performance Sustaining and Level-3 Debug Lead

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THE ROLE:  

The successful candidate will assume responsibility for driving sustaining power/performance/thermal product activities and Level-3 debug support working with core engineering, program team, customer engineering, and performance teams along with our extended sustaining team in Malaysia on the Instinct Datacenter GPU product line.

THE PERSON:  

A highly analytical, technically adept and versatile leader with broad expertise in silicon power and performance characterization, debug, and optimization. This individual thrives in cross-functional environments, collaborates effectively with design, validation, software, firmware and customer engineering teams, and demonstrates strong ownership of sustaining activities and Level-3 debug efforts across multiple product lines. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, hands-on, and passionate about driving debugs and resolving customer issues.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Lead sustaining efforts for power, performance and thermal attainment across multiple product lines, scope out delta validation work, HC requirements, schedule etc working with program and sustaining team.
• Own Level-3 debug for complex power, performance and thermal issues from customers around the world, coordinating across architecture, design, validation, software, and customer engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain debug methodologies and automation tools to accelerate root cause analysis.
• Drive resolution of systemic issues impacting power efficiency or performance targets, implement fixes and validate improvements.
• Drive and lead regular debug and sustaining meetings, ensuring alignment across stakeholders.
• Coordinate among cross-functional teams including design, validation, software, manufacturing, and customer engineering for debug, resolution and implementation of fixes, testing out at customer end and closure
• Work closely with the extended sustaining team in Malaysia to ensure global coverage and continuity.
• Interface with customer engineering to coordinate debug efforts and ensure timely resolution of field issues.
• Integrate and analyze manufacturing screens to proactively identify and isolate power/performance/thermal issues during production as well as analyze manufacturing data as part of Level-3 debug
• Send out executive-level updates summarizing debug status, issue trends, and resolution progress.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers in debug and sustaining practices.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:  

• 8+ years of experience in silicon power, performance and thermal characterization, debug, or customer engineering roles.
• Deep understanding of semiconductors, cpu/gpu architecture, power management features, power, thermal, frequency and performance aspect of design and validation.
• Proven ability & hands-on experience with silicon debug tools (e.g., logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, power monitors), ASIC / system level triage and or ASIC / system bring-up with a lab set-up
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Perl), automation and data analysis tools.
• Familiarity with firmware and low-level software interactions with hardware.
• Experience with debug workflows and cross-functional issue triage.
• Experience working with customer engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, including executive reporting, leading cross-domain meetings.
• Experience with HPC/AI workloads, GPU performance benchmarks, MSAs.
• Prior experience in leading debug teams or sustaining programs is a plus.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering. MS Preferred.

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