[Hiring] Sr. Field Applications Engineer @Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Role Description

We are looking for our next team members to help drive a new era of computing into the datacenter or for enterprise accounts by engaging with key end users & platform and software partners to demonstrate AMD technology differentiators addressing their business needs in real world usage scenarios.

• Responsible for providing technical support to commercial end user accounts within their defined region(s) or vertical market(s).
• Accountable to the commercial sales team and the field engineering director for all aspects of technical engagements required to support sales and account objectives.
• Occasionally provide training to teammates and assist them with their own unique challenges.
• Cultivate a deep technical understanding of client, workstation and server processor architecture, operating systems (Windows and Linux), hypervisors (ESXi, KVM, Hyper-V), compilers, and application software & AI.
• Leverage the synthesis of this knowledge to understand application performance at the system level and guide the customer.

Qualifications

• Knowledge on commercial clients (desktop/laptops) or servers (CPU or GPU) at hardware & Operating System levels.
• System administrator experience is a plus.
• A good balance of hardware, system architecture and software expertise.
• Ability to cultivate strong internal (sales, marketing, engineering) and external (customer) relationships.
• Demonstrated history of success in developing and maintaining such relationships.
• Pre-Sales experience is a plus (or customer relationship, in sales or service environment).
• Hands-on experience in the setup and configuration/deployment of systems including software, networking or GPU infrastructure.
• Proven experience as engineer (or equivalent technical role).
• Fluent in spoken and written Spanish; Native Spanish speaker.
• Fluent in spoken and written French.
• Capacity to also present and handle business and technical discussions in English.

Requirements

• Articulate AMD based technology offerings across multiple market verticals.
• Provide hands-on, expert-level technical discussions to end-users & partners.
• Partner with other AMD and vendor subject matter experts to build specific customer solutions.
• Analyze vendor product solutions and evaluate product performance based on customer needs.
• Provide technical assistance to Sales org in promoting AMD based commercial solutions.
• Capacity to install and test solutions, as required, to ensure successful evaluations or future deployments.
• Lead technical design sessions; architect and document technical solutions that are aligned with end-user objectives.
• Design and manage the execution of evaluations to ensure a quality solution is delivered.
• Capture a solid understanding of the competitive landscape and clearly articulate the technical differentiation and value proposition associated with AMD versus its competitors.

Preferred Experience

• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more market verticals including datacenter CPU or GPU, virtualization, cloud computing, high performance computing, workstation, or commercial clients.
• Proven understanding of client or server software ecosystem in one or more areas including OS/hypervisors, compilers, and profiling tools.
• Good working knowledge of client or server hardware ecosystem.
• Experience in application/workload profiling, tuning and performance assessment a plus.

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent (Computer Science or Electrical Engineering preferred) or higher.

Location

• Spain: Madrid

Travel

• 40%

Benefits

• AMD benefits at a glance.