Director, Customer Server Platform Engineer

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Director, Customer Server Platform Engineering      The Role  At AMD, we push the boundaries of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We are seeking a transformative engineering leader to head the Customer Server Platform Engineering function within AMD's SCPI organization. This director will lead a high-impact, multidisciplinary team responsible for enabling global datacenter and enterprise OEM customers to develop, optimize, and deploy server platforms powered by AMD EPYC solutions. 
 
This role demands a strategic thinker and people-first leader who can drive technical excellence, customer success, and organizational development. You will serve as AMD's technical ambassador to top-tier customers, guiding platform bring-up, firmware adoption, and issue resolution across BIOS, firmware, documentation, performance, and security domains. You will also mentor senior leaders, influence silicon and platform roadmaps, and shape AMD's customer engineering strategy.    Why Join Us  This is a rare opportunity to lead a mission-critical organization at the heart of AMD's server platform strategy. You will shape how EPYC solutions are adopted globally, resolve customer challenges at scale, and build the next generation of technical leaders. Join us to drive innovation, impact, and growth in one of the most dynamic segments of the semiconductor industry.    Key Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a global team across BIOS/firmware, server platforms/applications, documentation, performance, and security engineering. 
• Define and execute a vision for customer platform enablement aligned with AMD's datacenter strategy and roadmap. 
• Drive operational excellence through structured rhythms, metrics, and continuous improvement. 
• Mentor and develop managers and senior engineers, building organizational capability and a high-performance culture. 
• Build a strong leadership bench and support succession planning through coaching and career development. 
• Champion diversity of thought and inclusive leadership practices across global teams. 
• Serve as a trusted advisor and escalation point for top-tier datacenter and enterprise OEM customers. 
• Guide platform bring-up, debug, and product launches with seamless integration of AMD technologies. 
• Act as the voice of the customer internally, translating platform needs into actionable deliverables and influencing silicon, firmware, and platform development priorities. 
• Represent AMD in executive and customer forums, synthesizing complex technical issues into clear, strategic guidance. 
• Lead cross-functional task forces to resolve complex system-level issues including errata, performance bottlenecks, and security vulnerabilities. 
• Translate customer BIOS/firmware requirements into actionable deliverables for AMD architecture and development teams. 
• Deliver training and proofs of concept for new silicon features and firmware technologies. 
• Support IBV and customer EDKII code bases and drive AMD firmware adoption and integration. 

Preferred Experience

• 10+ years in server/platform engineering, including 3+ years in people leadership with experience managing managers. 
• Deep expertise in x86 architecture, UEFI/BIOS, silicon initialization firmware, and system-level debug. 
• Strong understanding of DDR, PCIe, eSPI, RAS, telemetry, and security features in server-class platforms. 
• Proven track record of delivering production-quality firmware/software at scale. 
• Extensive customer-facing experience in enterprise/OEM/datacenter environments. 
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and executive audiences. 

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related technical field. 

Location:

Austin, TX 

Santa Clara, CA 

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