Systems Power Design Engineer - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 16 June 2026 by the employer — open 98 days.
About the role
This role involves driving and improving AMD’s abilities to deliver high-quality, industry technologies to market, focusing on system power modeling and management.
What you'll do
- Develop and implement System Power Modeling methodologies and frameworks.
- Develop software/hardware modeling frameworks for diverse system architectures.
- Analyze systems and profile power impact from components, features, and workloads.
- Drive technical innovation to enhance AMD’s capabilities across product development and validation.
- Track test execution to ensure features are validated and optimized.
- Collaborate with product planning and supporting technical teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
- Experience with system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategies.
Nice to have
- System/segment/product level power modeling experience.
- PC system and APU/SOC power management experience.
- Low power measurement methodologies experience.
- Power modeling concepts and methodologies knowledge.
- Programming/scripting skills (e.g., C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python).
- Debug techniques and methodologies experience.
- Experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes.
- Experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization.
Skills: System Power Modeling, power management, low power measurement methodologies, debug techniques, board/platform-level debug
This role has been open 97 days — well above the 73-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Management
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Open roles in category
70
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Median days open
73 d
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Median salary
$158k
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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 (70 roles · 24 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 5 | 70 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 34 | 1344 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 91 d | 73 d (+18 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $158k |
Skills observed across this category: System Power Modeling, power management, low power measurement methodologies, debug techniques, board/platform-level debug
Who's hiring in this category
- Renesas Electronics · 15 open roles · median 77 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 40 d
- Analog Devices · 6 open roles · median 83 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 6 open roles · median 186 d
- AMD (this employer) · 5 open roles · median 91 d
- Infineon Technologies · 5 open roles · median 74 d
How we counted: 70 open Power Electronics (Power Management) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Sept 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.