Sr. BKC Release Manager - Data Center GPU - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 16 October 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on end-to-end release delivery of complex, system-level hardware/software configurations across silicon, firmware, software, validation, and manufacturing for AMD's Data Center GPU organization.
About the role
This role involves owning the end-to-end release delivery of complex, system-level hardware/software configurations across silicon, firmware, software, validation, and manufacturing within the Data Center GPU team.
What you'll do
- Own the full lifecycle of Best Known Configuration (BKC) releases, from integration and release candidate planning through validation, sign-off, and final delivery.
- Drive release cadence, milestones, and readiness checkpoints across firmware, BIOS, drivers, software stack, validation, and manufacturing teams.
- Serve as the final integrator and decision owner for release scope, including fix inclusion, deferral, and quality vs schedule tradeoffs.
- Lead cross-functional release forums and working sessions spanning engineering, program management, validation, and manufacturing.
- Ensure BKCs are production-ready and customer-consumable, including release notes, documentation, and delivery mechanisms.
- Own release plans, schedules, dashboards, status reporting, and executive-level visibility.
What you'll need
- 10+ years of experience in technical program or release management for complex HW/SW systems.
- Proven ownership of cross-functional, system-level releases spanning multiple engineering disciplines.
- Strong technical understanding of system integration (firmware, BIOS, drivers, software, validation workflows).
- Good understanding of requirements management, documentation management, and defect management.
- Demonstrated ability to make and defend difficult scope and priority decisions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
Nice to have
- Background in silicon validation, platform bring-up, firmware, or large-scale system integration.
- Track record of improving release rigor, predictability, and quality through process and tooling.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Excel.
- Formal Project Management education, PMP certified.
Skills: release delivery, HW/SW configurations, silicon, firmware, validation
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 46-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
175
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Median days open
46 d
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Median salary
$219k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (175 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 19 | 175 |
| Median days open | 24 d | 46 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $219k |
Skills observed across this category: release delivery, HW/SW configurations, silicon, firmware, validation
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD (this employer) · 20 open roles · median 29 d
- NVIDIA · 18 open roles · median 41 d
- Synopsys · 14 open roles · median 45 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 82 d
- Apple · 7 open roles · median 66 d
How we counted: 175 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 47 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. Figures refresh nightly.