Hardware Systems Design Engineer – x86 Embedded Solutions - CA, San Jose, United States
$170,100 - $291,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role serves as a technical leader within AMD’s Customer Applications Engineering (CAE) team, focusing on the design, integration, and deployment of x86-based embedded solutions for networking and storage customers.
What you'll do
- Provide guidance to ODM/OEM customers on integrating AMD processors into networking and storage products and custom designs. - Conduct architecture reviews, schematic reviews, design-in support, and customer training on product features. - Analyze, debug, and root cause complex platform issues across hardware and software boundaries on AMD processor-enabled systems. - Interface between customers, field teams, and R&D to provide technical insights that improve future AMD platforms. - Train field sales and support staff on the features and technical uses of AMD products.
What you'll need
- Bachelor or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. - Experience with hardware design and debugging issues on SoC and x86 platform architectures. - Background performing hardware architecture and schematic reviews. - Understanding of hardware and software boundary debug for platform integration.
Nice to have
- Expertise in hardware architecture, logic/circuit design, and implementation. - Experience with signal integrity and power delivery network. - Familiarity with high-speed circuit testing including oscilloscope and JBERT usage. - Experience with DDR4/5, LPDDR4/5, U/R/LR DIMM JEDEC standards, PCIe4/5, and 1/2.5/10G Ethernet. - Familiarity with programming or scripting languages including C/C++, Python, or Perl. - Familiarity with server operating systems such as Linux and Windows Server.
Skills: x86 embedded solutions, hardware architecture, schematic reviews, signal integrity, power delivery network
This role has been open 149 days — well above the 52-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
104
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$203k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (104 roles · 27 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 27 | 104 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 389 | 6277 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 64 d | 52 d (+12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $203k |
Skills observed across this category: x86 embedded solutions, hardware architecture, schematic reviews, signal integrity, power delivery network
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD (this employer) · 29 open roles · median 64 d
- Qualcomm · 22 open roles · median 52 d
- NVIDIA · 13 open roles · median 78 d
- Intel Corporation · 6 open roles · median 51 d
- Mobileye · 5 open roles · median 31 d
- Renesas Electronics · 4 open roles · median 3 d
How we counted: 104 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 27 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.