Senior CPU Performance Analysis Engineer
AMD · Bengaluru · 8+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-04-16
Tech stack: C, C++, Python
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About the role
The successful candidate will join AMD's Client Performance Team in Bangalore, India. The team’s mandate is to analyze performance and drive next generation CPU hardware and software optimizations on key applications for AMD’s notebook and gaming processors. This role will involve analyzing and tracing system-level workloads, performance modeling of internal and competitive hardware platforms and the development of performance evaluation tools and methodologies.
You have a passion for leading edge SoC architecture, design and verification. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and enjoys collaborating with architects & engineers located in different sites and time-zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take new challenges.
KEY
Responsibilities:
- Characterize the properties of various Client workloads by collecting performance data from silicon runs
- Work with software teams to understand workloads and to drive performance optimizations
- Run performance simulations and analyze results to evaluate architectural features
- Develop and maintain tools for data collection and analysis
- Carry out multi-discipline interactions with microprocessor architects, ISA definition owners, software optimizers, compiler team, logic designers, and verification engineers to identify, resolve and document architectural performance issues
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of prior industry/academic experience
- Experience with computer architecture, system simulation, and performance evaluation
- Experience with computing software, including operating systems, hypervisors, compilers, drivers, and workloads
- Adept at mathematical and statistical modeling and data analysis
- Detailed microarchitecture knowledge of CPU, NoC, and/or DRAM controllers
- Proficient in various programming languages including C/C++ and Python
Qualifications
- 8+ years of prior industry/academic experience
- Experience with computer architecture, system simulation, and performance evaluation
- Experience with computing software, including operating systems, hypervisors, compilers, drivers, and workloads
- Adept at mathematical and statistical modeling and data analysis
- Detailed microarchitecture knowledge of CPU, NoC, and/or DRAM controllers
- Proficient in various programming languages including C/C++ and Python
Responsibilities
- Characterize the properties of various Client workloads by collecting performance data from silicon runs
- Work with software teams to understand workloads and to drive performance optimizations
- Run performance simulations and analyze results to evaluate architectural features
- Develop and maintain tools for data collection and analysis
- Carry out multi-discipline interactions with microprocessor architects, ISA definition owners, software optimizers, compiler team, logic designers, and verification engineers to identify, resolve and document architectural performance issues