CPU Product Application Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States

Originally posted 14 July 2026 by the employer.

Support data center platforms powered by AMD EPYC Server Processors.

About the role

AMD's Data Center Product Application Engineering team is seeking an engineer to support EPYC Server Processors customers across Cloud, Enterprise, HPC, and Sovereign AI segments. The role works directly with key customers, field engineering, and internal validation teams to bring server platforms to market and enable deployment in customer data centers.

What you'll do

- Directly manage technical interactions with key customers to enable deployment of AMD EPYC CPUs in customer systems. - Support customers in the bring-up and validation of AMD EPYC CPUs, guiding use of AMD tools, qualification test methods, and analysis of test results. - Lead the debug of customer-reported hardware and firmware issues, working with cross-functional teams to drive root-cause investigations. - Work with customers on the development of manufacturing and screen tests to ensure reliability at scale. - Author design guidelines, technical presentations, and training materials while identifying gaps in AMD offerings to close customer requirements. - Provide recommendations to improve customer experience with software and hardware products.

What you'll need

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related equivalent. - Strong analytical skills and debug methodology to quickly analyze diverse customer scenarios. - Experience with hardware and firmware debug across server systems and customer deployments.

Nice to have

- Experience in customer-facing roles such as application engineering for Data Center CPU platforms. - Strong knowledge in server and data center system architecture and interfaces, including industry standards such as DDR, PCIe, SPI/eSPI, and I3C/I2C. - Strong knowledge in electrical validation and signal integrity of high-speed signals. - System-level debugging skills with hands-on experience in system bring-up, HW debug, and performance optimizations. - Experience working with Enterprise Linux environments such as Ubuntu, CentOS/RHEL, and SLES. - Experience or knowledge of server firmware/BIOS settings, boot process, and server monitoring and management software. - Experience in Data Center system design or server design. - Knowledge of Shell/BASH, C/C++, Python, or related frameworks.

Skills: customer-facing, EPYC Server Processors, system bring-up, HW debug, manufacturing tests