Overview In this role, you lead the design and evaluation of high-density data center environments, aligning lab strategy with AMD's performance and product roadmap. You drive global lab standards across business units, ensuring scalable, energy-efficient deployments. You collaborate with IT, Facilities, Real Estate, and Product SMEs to mitigate risks and oversee governance from concept to deployment. This opportunity combines design leadership with hands-on execution in a fast-evolving tech ecosystem.
Responsibilities- Data Center due diligence & strategic assessment (power, cooling, connectivity, risks)
- Review infrastructure drawings and single-line diagrams; assess design maturity and contractor capability
- Identify technical, schedule, and scalability risks with structured reporting
- Develop scalable, modular lab designs optimized for density, airflow, accessibility, and efficiency
- Define global lab design standards across AMD business units
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and sustainable design principles
- Utilize modeling tools for airflow and thermal validation when needed
- Define standards for power distribution, cooling, IT networking space, and rack density
- Lead construction monitoring, schedule and budget tracking, and commissioning
- Oversee governance and risk reporting to executives
- Cross-functional stakeholder management across IT, Facilities, Real Estate, Procurement, and Product SMEs
- Liaise with vendors/contractors to ensure timelines and standards adherence
- Provide executive-level reporting on risk, budget, and schedule health
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of specifications and progress
Key requirements- semiconductor or high-density data center design, construction, or operations experience
- large-scale lab or data center architecture experience
- infrastructure assessment and technical due diligence background
- experience reviewing construction drawings and overseeing commissioning
- familiarity with high-density computing, cloud-scale environments, and high-performance networks
- airflow modeling or thermal simulation tools knowledge
- DCIM and infrastructure monitoring systems knowledge
- data center certifications (preferred: DCCA, CDCDP)
- excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
- strong communication abilities
- problem-solving
- stakeholder management
- communication
- airflow modeling
- thermal/CFD simulation
- DCIM
