$250,000–$400,000
Director, Cluster Forward Deployment Engineering Data Center GPU
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Pay not postedSanta Clara, CADirector
Leads AMD’s customer-embedded engineering engagements and globally distributed Forward Deployed Engineering team for strategic data center, cloud, hyperscale, and AI infrastructure accounts.
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At a glance
Posted base pay
Not posted
Median $225K
Typical staff+ FDE payMiddle 50% of 429 postings$195K–$261KThe work
Leads the deployment team
Balance
- Mostly building
- Mixed
- Mostly pre-sales or support
Project stages
- Pre-sales (not covered)
- Proof of concept
- Implementation
- Operations
- Coding
- Configuration only
- Builds for
- External customers
- Level
- Staff+
- Role
- People manager
What they ask for
Tools
Visa
Less common in FDE jobs
- Individual contributor or manager: People manager4%
- Coding work: Configuration only14%
- Responsibility level: Staff+17%
- Company stage: Public33%
Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.
What you’ll do
- Lead and develop a globally distributed Forward Deployed Engineering team.
- Own technical engagement strategy and deployment execution across strategic accounts.
- Resolve complex issues across GPU hardware, firmware, ROCm, AI frameworks, and infrastructure.
- Build customer relationships and lead executive deployment reviews and escalations.
What you’ll bring
- Experience leading and scaling engineering teams responsible for customer deployment and production adoption.
- Deep understanding of GPU deployments, AI workloads, distributed systems, and data center operations.
- Experience leading complex customer deployments from proof-of-concept through production scale.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
About AMD
Designs high-performance and adaptive computing products—CPUs, GPUs, networking and embedded processors—for data centers, PCs, gaming and embedded systems.
Public · 5000+ people
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