Physical AI Senior Software Manager in Belfast

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We are currently seeking a Physical AI Senior Software Manager to join our Customer eXperience Engineering (CXE) team, which is part of AMD’s Embedded Computing Group. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly strategic and important part of AMD’s business, targeting the next generation of Embedded & AI technologies and tools to meet the needs of our customers. As part of the CXE team you will act as ‘Customer Zero’, developing industrial proof of concept system solutions on our next generations of Embedded products. You will provide a customer perspective to influence the architecture of our next generation silicon, software and tools.

The successful candidate will lead the development of Embedded software platforms that can enable Physical AI systems—AI that perceives, reasons, and acts in the physical world. This role combines hands‑on technical depth in embedded software (C/C++, RTOS, Linux/Yocto) with strong people leadership, system‑level thinking, and close collaboration across hardware, software, and AI teams. You will manage and grow a high‑performing team responsible for real‑time, safety‑aware, resource‑constrained software that bridges silicon, firmware, operating systems, middleware, AI and other runtime stacks.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable reviewing RTOS scheduling decisions, shaping Yocto‑based Linux platforms, and setting a long‑term strategy for our Embedded SW requirements. As a key contributor, you will work alongside a diverse and experienced design team that will enable enormous opportunities for learning and self‑development.

• Provide technical direction and architectural leadership for embedded software stacks spanning: RTOS‑based systems, Embedded Linux platforms (Yocto), Device drivers, BSPs, middleware, AI and other runtimes.
• Lead system‑level design decisions balancing latency, determinism, power, memory, safety, and performance.
• Guide the integration of AI/ML workloads (inference pipelines, sensor fusion, control loops) into real‑time and embedded Linux environments.
• Establish best practices for software quality, reliability, security, and functional safety.
• Support bring‑up, debugging, and root‑cause analysis across the full HW/SW stack.

• Build, mentor, and retain a world‑class embedded software team.
• Set clear technical expectations while enabling engineers to grow in both depth and scope.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and engineering excellence.
• Conduct performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Own embedded platform roadmaps aligned with product and silicon timelines.

• 10+ years of experience in embedded software development, with significant time in C/C++.
• Proven experience managing senior engineers and technical leads.
• Strong hands‑on experience with RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr, QNX, VxWorks, or equivalent).
• Deep knowledge of embedded Linux, including Yocto (recipes, layers, BSPs, CI integration).
• Experience delivering software for production embedded systems.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.