Senior Field Applications Engineer

• Develop technical relationships with target end customer accounts and OEM partners
• Win new commercial client, server and workstation opportunities by working with OEMs and end customers by establishing technical solutions based on AMD technology
• Work with AMD internal teams across AMD Business Units to build technical presentations and documentation to be delivered in the field
• For priority pipeline opportunities, work directly with end-customers to optimize workloads and applications on AMD-based commercial solutions
• Deliver technical presentations and sales pitches to influence new AMD sales with customers and partners
• Provide technical assistance to INDIA sales personnel and the end customer in the evaluation, design and development of AMD based client, server and workstation solutions
• Build business and technical acumen, enabling to gain further "mindshare" within the customer base
• Ensure that you build the right skills and experience to sell the solutions that we can bring to market
• Technically qualify, prioritize and assign resources to sales opportunities
• Partner with sales in determining possible application of AMD based products and solutions to meet customer requirements
• Perform technical presentations, training and updates for OEM, partners and prospects
• Translate customer business issues and requirements into technical solution opportunities/engagements that best leverage AMD based product offerings
• Possess a solid understanding of the competitive landscape and clearly articulate the technical differentiation and value proposition associated with AMD versus its competitors
• Assist with the solution development/architectural design to meet specific customer needs
• Analyze OEM product solutions and evaluate product performance based on customer needs
• Keep up-to-date on relevant competitive solutions and work with internal teams to provide competitive responses where needed
• Articulate AMD based technology offerings across multiple verticals
• Partner with other AMD and vendor subject matter experts to build specific customer solutions
• Install and test solutions in-house, as required, to ensure successful deployments and evaluations
• Provide hands-on, expert-level technical assistance to end customer development and software teams
• Design and manage the execution of evaluation plans to ensure a quality solution is delivered
• Be a credible subject matter expert to end customer on direct and indirect product capabilities

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering with 4+ years of experience, or advanced degree with 2+ years of experience
• Degree should be technology related bachelor's degree or other technical discipline (e.g. Engineering or Computer Science) or equivalent combination of training and experience
• Requires knowledge in one or more of the following areas: CPU and server system architecture, server benchmarks, GPU computing, and server platform enablement
• At least 2 years of system architecture and/or platform development experience
• Must demonstrate excellent problem solving skills and the ability to manage complex problems involving multi-disciplined, cross-functional teams
• Must have strong experience in leading IT/Technology sales engineers
• Must demonstrate firm understanding of platform development process from concept to production
• Must be well versed in server software ecosystem in one or more areas including OS/Hypervisors, Compilers, Libraries, debug tools, development tools, workstation SW applications, and validation workloads
• Good hands on and working knowledge of server hardware ecosystem at the node, rack and datacenter level
• Hands on experience in the setup and configuration of server systems including software, networking and storage infrastructure
• Experience with virtualization technology and one or more hypervisor solutions
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Windows based server operating systems is required
• This position requires an individual with excellent organizational and communication skills with a good balance of hardware, architecture and software expertise
• Must be a team player with excellent collaborative skills and superior written and oral communication skills

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