Lead Sensor Architect, Client Platforms

It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. This Lead Sensor Architect role centers on owning the end-to-end sensor strategy for next-generation AMD client PC platforms—spanning silicon IP, firmware, drivers, and user-experience algorithms. Strategic thinker who can translate market trends into product-ready sensor solutions.Intellectually curious technologist who thrives on solving complex, multidisciplinary problems.Influential communicator able to articulate technical concepts clearly to executives, engineers, and customers.Collaborative leader who builds trust across silicon, firmware, software, and product-management teams.Data-driven decision maker with a bias for action and a passion for shipping high-quality products on time.Comfortable with operating in ambiguity, setting direction, and driving a team of x-functional team members towards a vision.Advocate for user-centric design, energy efficiency, and robust security/privacy practices in sensor-enabled systems. for client PC platforms.Define architecture requirements for next-generation sensor subsystems—including silicon IP, firmware, drivers, calibration, and algorithms.Partner with silicon, platform, and OS teams to deliver best-in-class power, performance, and user-experience metrics.Drive technology evaluations and POCs for emerging sensing modalities (time-of-flight, radar, UWB, environmental).Establish and champion sensor-related security, privacy, and quality standards across the organization.Represent the company in industry forums and with key OEM/ODM partners; influence ecosystem roadmaps. Deep knowledge of sensor technologies relevant to PCs (IMUs, proximity, ambient light, camera, audio, biometric, environmental).Hands-on architecture or design experience with sensor hubs, microcontrollers, or always-on compute subsystems.Proficiency in sensor fusion algorithms, signal processing, and machine-learning–based inference at the edge.Familiarity with low-power digital/analog design, interfaces (I²C, SPI, MIPI, I3C), and power-management techniques.Experience delivering sensor drivers and firmware for Windows, Linux, or Android; familiarity with ACPI, HID, Sensor Class drivers.Track record of shipping high-volume consumer or PC products through full product-development lifecycle.Demonstrated ability to influence industry standards, contribute to specs, or collaborate with OSVs, OEMs, and ecosystem partners.Strong project leadership, risk management, and technical mentoring capabilities.Background in security/privacy for sensor data paths and secure enclave integration is highly desired.

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