Principal Server and AI Product Architect - TX, Austin, United States
$175,000 - $300,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 July 2026 by the employer.
Architect server and AI platforms powered by EPYC processors and Instinct GPUs.
About the role
AMD is seeking a Server and AI Product Architect to join the Datacenter System Architecture and Engineering team to define and develop EPYC and Instinct GPU products. The role defines end-to-end product and system architecture across silicon, platform hardware, system software, and enterprise AI/HPC usage models.
What you'll do
- Define server and enterprise AI/HPC GPU product architectures using AMD processors, Instinct GPUs, accelerators, and network components for high-performance computing, server, and megascale data center deployments. - Collaborate with customers, processor architects, IP and SOC architects, network and IO device architects, and software teams to balance performance, power, and cost across systems and components. - Conduct research and development on data center compute designs spanning silicon, packaging, power delivery, thermal, mechanical, and hardware management. - Evaluate end-to-end product architecture trade-offs across memory, I/O, signal integrity, power integrity, boot processes, firmware, and power management. - Partner with external technology companies and internal engineering leadership to drive alignment on technical positions and joint product execution based on new SoCs, CPUs, and chipsets.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering. - Deep technical knowledge of product architecture and design including memory, I/O, signal integrity, power integrity, packaging, power delivery, thermal, mechanical, power management, boot process, firmware, and hardware management. - Proven track record of working with technology companies to jointly engineer products based on new SoCs, CPUs, or chipsets. - Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Nice to have
- Demonstrated server and GPU product expertise across multiple projects from architecture, development, design, bring-up, and validation through release to production. - Detailed understanding of server industry standards such as DDR, PCIe, SATA, and other high-speed IO protocols. - Experience with BMC and hardware management, firmware, power delivery, and power management architectures.
Skills: Server and AI Product architect, EPYC and Instinct GPU, Soc/chipsets, product architecture, memory, I/O, PCIe, SATA
This role has been open 103 days — well above the 77-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
475
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Median days open
77 d
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Median salary
$238k
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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 (475 roles · 66 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 34 | 475 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 253 | 3244 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 63 d | 77 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $238k |
Skills observed across this category: Server and AI Product architect, EPYC and Instinct GPU, Soc/chipsets, product architecture, memory, I/O, PCIe, SATA
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 76 open roles · median 87 d
- NVIDIA · 55 open roles · median 70 d
- Apple · 38 open roles · median 13 d
- AMD (this employer) · 34 open roles · median 63 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 118 d
- Micron Technology · 22 open roles · median 110 d
How we counted: 475 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 66 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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 Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.