MTS Software Development Eng. ( ML / VLIW DSP processors )

Key Skills

Analytical and Problem solving, C Programming, C++, Github, GPUs, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, PyTorch, Software Development, TensorFlow

Job Description

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MTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 

THE ROLE: 

AMD is looking for a specialized software engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. This is an opportunity to develop optimized ML library for AMD’s AI Engine cores. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology. You will be working with state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and architecting realization of these algorithms on AI Engine cores. Hands-on experience with multicore processor programming and C/C++ code optimization for VLIW DSP processors is an essential requirement for this position. A strong knowledge of converting floating-point algorithms to fixed-point arithmetic is also critical. Hands-on experience with multi-core design flows, architecture, system design, system integration, DDR memory interfaces and realizing high-performance optimized designs and verification methodologies are also critical for the position.

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products  
• Responsible for design, optimization and testing of ML compute processing like 2D/3D convolutions, batch normalization, pooling etc and fixed precision implementation and test with Python, embedded C/C++
• Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts. 
• Optimized ML library development and testing for VLIW-SIMD processors in fixed point int8, int16, floating point
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture 
• Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies 
• Participating in new ASIC and hardware bring ups
• Work closely with design teams in US, Europe and India offices 

• Debugging/fix existing issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work 
• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners
• Candidate will participate in different phases of a project, including architecture, system design, coding, unit testing, integration and maintenance and customer support
• Create internal and external facing detailed documentation (micro-architecture design documents, test specifications, test reports, user guides, etc.) 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• PhD or MSEE preferred
• 10+ years of experience working on optimized library development for GPU and/or SIMD and VLIW processor architectures
• Experience in partitioning problems for execution on a multicore processor system with latency, bandwidth and memory utilization tradeoffs
• Proficient in C/C++, Python and various ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch etc
• Must have strong competency in understanding and analyzing complex signal processing and computer vision algorithms
• Ability to work with fixed point hardware 

• Ability to write high quality code with a keen attention to detail
• Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus 
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent 

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