Embedded Linux Power and Performance Engineer
AMD · Bengaluru · 10–14 yrs experience · Posted 2026-05-26
Tech stack: C, C++, Linux, Python
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About the role
System Power & Performance Engineer Role Overview We are seeking a highly motivated System Power & Performance Engineer to join our System PnP team. This role will have a dual focus: Benchmarking, Profiling, and bottleneck analysis on AMD’s system PnP stack, with emphasis on Linux and virtualized environments.
Responsibilities:
- System Power & Performance / PnP
- Execute and own system performance including low level profiling and bottleneck analysis on AMD’s SoCs, focusing on Linux (Ubuntu, Yocto), Windows, FReeRTOS and virtualized software stacks for Robotics, automotive and industrial.
- Perform benchmark characterization, system-level tuning, micro architecture and workload analysis across CPU, GPU, NPU, AI and memory subsystems.
- Collaborate with SoC architects, BIOS/FW teams, and software developers to identify performance gaps and recommend optimizations.
- Generate comprehensive technical reports, dashboards, and documentation for leadership reviews, customer engagements, and outbound collateral.
- Contribute to automation for benchmark execution, data collection, and results visualization.
- Work with cross-functional teams to debug system-level issues blocking performance goals.
- Competitive Benchmarking
- Drive competitive benchmarking initiatives by running workloads on competitive platforms (Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm, ARM-based SoCs) and building comparative landscapes across segments (client, embedded, industrial, automotive).
- Build comparative performance landscapes across segments including client, embedded, server, industrial, and automotive.
- Provide actionable insights that help influence future SoC, firmware, and platform design.
- Automation, Reporting & Documentation
- Support development of automation for benchmark execution, data collection, and results visualization.
- Generate technical reports, dashboards, and documentation for leadership and customer engagements.
- Foster continuous improvement and innovation within validation and performance analysis environments.
- Required Skills & Experience
- 10 - 14+ years of relevant experience in system performance engineering, profiling, bottleneck analysis, or post-silicon validation.
- Expert in Linux internals (scheduling, memory management), Real Time systems (RT kernel, interrupt and jitter), QoS Tuning.
- Hands on in performance profiling tools: Perf, valgrind, LTTng, perfetto, Trace Compass, wireshark, Nsight, Vtune, Oprofile, Flameghraphs, GPU Perf studio etc
- Exposure to benchmarks like SPEC, 3DMark, PCMark, GFXBench, MLPerf, MobileMark, browser benchmarks, and multimedia workloads.
- Proficiency in Python/Bash/C/C++/Perl for automation, data processing, and reporting.
- Proven cross-team collaboration skills and ability to drive complex debug efforts.
Qualifications:
- Experience with virtualization technologies (Xen, KVM, Hyper-V, container environments).
- Exposure to post-silicon bring-up, system validation flows, and early silicon testing.
- Experience with competitive benchmarking methodologies and customer-facing documentation.
- Debug expertise at system level and SoC level.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Qualifications
- Experience with virtualization technologies (Xen, KVM, Hyper-V, container environments).
- Exposure to post-silicon bring-up, system validation flows, and early silicon testing.
- Experience with competitive benchmarking methodologies and customer-facing documentation.
- Debug expertise at system level and SoC level.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- System Power & Performance / PnP
- Execute and own system performance including low level profiling and bottleneck analysis on AMD’s SoCs, focusing on Linux (Ubuntu, Yocto), Windows, FReeRTOS and virtualized software stacks for Robotics, automotive and industrial.
- Perform benchmark characterization, system-level tuning, micro architecture and workload analysis across CPU, GPU, NPU, AI and memory subsystems.
- Collaborate with SoC architects, BIOS/FW teams, and software developers to identify performance gaps and recommend optimizations.
- Generate comprehensive technical reports, dashboards, and documentation for leadership reviews, customer engagements, and outbound collateral.
- Contribute to automation for benchmark execution, data collection, and results visualization.
- Work with cross-functional teams to debug system-level issues blocking performance goals.
- Competitive Benchmarking Drive competitive benchmarking initiatives by running workloads on competitive platforms (Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm, ARM-based SoCs) and building comparative landscapes across segments (client, embedded, industrial, automotive).
- Build comparative performance landscapes across segments including client, embedded, server, industrial, and automotive.
- Provide actionable insights that help influence future SoC, firmware, and platform design.
- Automation, Reporting & Documentation
- Support development of automation for benchmark execution, data collection, and results visualization.
- Generate technical reports, dashboards, and documentation for leadership and customer engagements.
- Foster continuous improvement and innovation within validation and performance analysis environments.
- Required Skills & Experience
- 14+ years of relevant experience in system performance engineering, profiling, bottleneck analysis, or post-silicon validation.
- Expert in Linux internals (scheduling, memory management), Real Time systems (RT kernel, interrupt and jitter), QoS Tuning.
- Hands on in performance profiling tools: Perf, valgrind, LTTng, perfetto, Trace Compass, wireshark, Nsight, Vtune, Oprofile, Flameghraphs, GPU Perf studio etc
- Exposure to benchmarks like SPEC, 3DMark, PCMark, GFXBench, MLPerf, MobileMark, browser benchmarks, and multimedia workloads.
- Proficiency in Python/Bash/C/C++/Perl for automation, data processing, and reporting.
- Proven cross-team collaboration skills and ability to drive complex debug efforts.