Product Development Engineer - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 8 September 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 15 October 2026.
About the role
You will work to bring complex server and rack-scale solutions from initial bring-up through production.
What you'll do
- Support bring-up, validation, debug, and deployment of datacenter platforms, including servers and rack-scale systems.
- Develop and execute system-level test strategies covering functionality, performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
- Investigate and resolve hardware, firmware, and software issues across key platform subsystems.
- Analyze manufacturing, characterization, yield, and failure data to drive root-cause identification and corrective actions.
- Develop and enhance manufacturing diagnostics, automated validation infrastructure, and test solutions.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to improve product quality, optimize manufacturing readiness, and support successful production ramps.
What you'll need
- Experience or academic exposure to system-level product development, validation, test, or manufacturing engineering.
- Familiarity with datacenter server architectures, AI/HPC platforms, or related system technologies.
- Knowledge of Linux or Unix operating systems and scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
- Experience troubleshooting hardware and software issues in complex computing systems.
- Understanding of technologies such as PCIe, networking, memory, power delivery, thermal management, and system firmware.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
Skills: datacenter platforms, system-level test, hardware debug, yield analysis, manufacturing diagnostics
This role has been open 37 days — well below the 56-day median for Product Engineering roles.
Product Engineering · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
38
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
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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 (38 roles · 17 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 38 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 148 | 2220 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 56 d | 56 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: datacenter platforms, system-level test, hardware debug, yield analysis, manufacturing diagnostics
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 56 d
- NVIDIA · 5 open roles · median 28 d
- Qualcomm · 4 open roles · median 52 d
- onsemi · 3 open roles · median 127 d
- Arm Holdings · 2 open roles · median 85 d
- Microchip Technology · 2 open roles · median 159 d
How we counted: 38 open Product Engineering (Silicon Validation) roles from 17 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.