Shift Left/UMC Lab Liaison

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The Role

The Memory Subsystem team is seeking a UMC Lab Liaison Engineer to drive post-silicon bring-up, debug, and feature enablement for DDR memory subsystems across AMD's next-generation client and server platforms.

This role operates at the intersection of silicon validation, firmware, design, and SoC integration, serving as the technical point-of-contact for UMC-related issues during bring-up and production ramp. The engineer will own end-to-end execution of memory subsystem validation—from initial silicon bring-up through feature enablement, performance tuning, and customer issue resolution.

You will work on LPDDR5/LPDDR5X/DDR5 technologies, enabling high-performance memory systems and ensuring first-pass silicon success across multiple programs.

The Person

You are a hands-on debug engineer who thrives in exciting, challenging bring‑up environments and consistently takes end‑to‑ownership of problems—from identifying the root cause to driving cross-team resolution. You are equally comfortable debugging waveform-level issues, collaborating closely with firmware and BIOS teams, aligning multiple engineering organizations, and communicating clearly with leadership during critical program phases. You bring a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and accountability, and you are motivated by solving complex system-level problems that directly influence overall product success.

Key Responsibilities

• Own UMC‑related post‑silicon bring‑up, debug, and feature enablement across client and server programs
• Serve as the primary liaison between Validation, Firmware, Design, and SoC teams, acting as a technical bridge across functions
• Drive end‑to‑full resolution of system‑level memory issues
• Debug memory subsystem interactions spanning controller, PHY, firmware, and platform components
• Perform deep root‑cause analysis using waveforms, lab instrumentation data, logs, and cross‑environment correlation
• Translate low‑level technical findings into system‑level impact, risks, and clear action plans for stakeholders
• Develop and execute validation plans for memory subsystem features, including functional, performance, latency, bandwidth, and power‑state behavior
• Track issues through closure using JIRA/debug flows and ensure alignment across teams in fast‑paced bring‑up environments with shifting priorities
• Provide concise, ongoing status updates, risk assessments, and debug summaries to program leadership
• Support customer‑facing issues and escalations with timely technical investigation and resolution
• Contribute to improvements in post‑silicon debug methodology, infrastructure, workflows, and cross‑team communication

Preferred Experience

• Strong understanding of DDR memory systems (DDR5 / LPDDR5) and controller/PHY interactions
• Hands‑on experience with post‑silicon bring‑up and validation in a lab environment
• Familiarity with BIOS, firmware flows, and low‑level hardware initialization sequences
• Experience debugging power states, clocking, resets, and sequencing behavior
• Knowledge of ECC, RAS, memory reliability features, and system‑level performance characteristics
• Background working with SoC‑level validation, integration teams, and multi‑IP subsystem interactions
• Proficiency with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and silicon debug tools
• Experience using Python or similar scripting languages for automation, log parsing, or data analysis
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in fast‑moving bring‑up environments and communicate across engineering disciplines without direct authority
• Experience driving collaborative issue resolution between Design, Firmware, and Validation teams while maintaining clear ownership

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering and relevant experience, or • Master's or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with relevant experience

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.