Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Emulation Verification Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $110K — $130K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
  • Experienced with FPGA and emulation platforms (ZeBu, HAPs, Veloce)
  • Proficient in Verilog, System Verilog, C, and C++
  • Strong skills in debugging failures using waveform viewers and log files
  • Knowledge of UEFI, core-boot, Linux, and Windows Operating Systems
  • Experience with x86 and/or ARM SoC Architecture
  • Familiarity with scripting languages like Perl, Python, and shell

Responsibilities

  • Drive AMD Core's Shift-Left strategies
  • Plan, create, execute, and debug core on emulators with various stakeholders
  • Define and implement test plans including stimulus and functional coverage plans
  • Develop test benches and components in C++
  • Write monitors and checkers for core emulation infrastructure
  • Debug regression failures and collaborate with designers on design bugs
  • Assist with silicon observations to replicate behaviors in simulation

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • Retirement savings plan with company match
  • Work-life balance programs
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities
  • Employee stock purchase program
Full Job Description
THE ROLE:

We are looking for an adaptive, self-motivative design verification engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market. The Verification/Emulation Engineering team furthers and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Come join the team responsible for driving AMD Core's Shift-Left strategies
  • Interact with multiple stakeholders (firmware/BIOS, RTL designers, DV, system architects) to plan, create, execute, and debug core on emulators
  • Defining and implementing test plans including stimulus, checking and functional coverage plans
  • Developing test benches and test bench components in C++
  • Responsible for writing monitors and checkers to support end-to-end core emulation infrastructure
  • Debugging regression fails and fixing verification issues or working with designers to fix design bugs
  • Assist with silicon observations often requiring replication of behaviors in simulation to root cause
  • Responsible for running emulator workloads to test all new features
  • Create hardware emulation build to verify the IP functional performance
  • Maintain and improve current hardware emulation environment to speed up the runtime performance and improve the debug facility
  • Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and firmware engineers to understand the new features to be verified
  • Debug test failures to determine the root cause; work with RTL and firmware engineers to resolve design defects and correct any test issues
  • Provide technical support to other teams

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Experienced with FPGA and/or emulation platforms (ZeBu, HAPs, Veloce)
  • Experienced with Verilog, System Verilog, C, and C++
  • Experienced debugging failures using waveform viewers, log files, and microcode trace dumps
  • Strong background in the C++ language, preferably on Linux with exposure to Windows platform
  • Automating workflows in a distributed compute environment
  • Knowledge of UEFI, core-boot, Linux, Windows Operating Systems
  • Knowledge of x86 and/or ARM SoC Architecture
  • Coding in x86 Assembly language
  • Proficient in debugging firmware and RTL code using simulation tools
  • Proficient in using UVM testbenches and working in Linux and Windows environments
  • Scripting language experience: Perl, Python, Makefile, shell preferred
  • Exposure to leadership or mentorship is an asset

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
  • Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering


This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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Learn more about Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
Size
15,500 employees
Market Cap
$100.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+30.9%
Revenue
$9.7 billion
NASDAQ
AMD
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