Is AMD a good company to work for as a Senior Lead System Design Engineer?

Senior Lead System Design Engineer professionals working at AMD have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 63 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of AMD employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Lead System Design Engineer Jobs at AMD now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Lead System Design Engineer interview questions at AMD .

Does AMD pay Senior Lead System Design Engineer employees well?

Senior Lead System Design Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at AMD with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 63 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Lead System Design Engineer salaries at AMD.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AMD?

Software Engineer (198) , Intern (174) , Member of Technical Staff(MTS) (168) , Member Of Technical Staff (150) , Senior Software Engineer (146) , Senior Design Engineer (108) , Engineer (95) , Senior Silicon Design Engineer (86) , Silicon Design Engineer II (79) , Silicon Design Engineer (78) , Internship (75) , Product Development Engineer (64) , SMTS - Senior Member of Technical Staff (64) , Design Engineer (58) , Senior Engineer (52)

What are the pros of working at AMD according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance but you’re kind of pigeonholed with a finance role here stock could be worth a lot in next years though" ((in 505 reviews)); "People are great and helpful" ((in 441 reviews)); "Culture is good and very much like one family" ((in 331 reviews)); "Pay is good but in today's market will not increase much after you onboard." ((in 213 reviews)); "Good benefit and glad to work there" ((in 207 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AMD according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management and there is always a downsizing somewhere" ((in 224 reviews)); "Frequent Layoff (yearly twice)" ((in 132 reviews)); "Low compensation compared to NVIDIA and Intel" ((in 73 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 52 reviews)); "Lack of leadership that never ventured in to any new markets/products other than CPU's.." ((in 50 reviews))

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AMD Senior Lead System Design Engineer reviews

4.0

96% would recommend to a friend

(63 total reviews)

Dr. Lisa Su

96% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Senior management

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Senior Lead System Design Engineer employees have rated AMD with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 63 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Lead System Design Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. AMD is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Lead System Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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63 reviews

3.0

Aug 10, 2025

Decent pay

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefit is competitive

Cons

No work life balance. Not much promotion.

4.0

Apr 24, 2025

good to work with

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good to work with for this company

Cons

nothing special to say about this company

4.0

Apr 18, 2025

Great Company

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for, lots of great people.

Cons

None that I can think of.

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