Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

FPGA Prototyping and Emulation Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $120K — $150K *
California City, CA 93505In-Person
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Reposted 1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
  • Strong experience in FPGA prototyping
  • Proficient in RTL design using SystemVerilog/Verilog
  • Expertise in scripting and automation with languages like Python, Perl, and Tcl
  • Hands-on experience with FPGA/emulation platforms like Synopsys HAPS or Protium

Responsibilities

  • Create FPGA prototyping builds to validate IP/SoC functionality
  • Collaborate with design and validation teams to debug pre-silicon and post-silicon issues
  • Maintain and enhance the hardware prototyping environment for improved performance
  • Provide technical support to cross-functional teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive AMD benefits package
  • Opportunities for continuous career development
  • Support for technical innovation and collaboration
  • Flexible hybrid working arrangement
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 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:
  • Create FPGA prototyping builds to validate the IP/SoC functionality
  • Collaborate with design, verification and validation teams to debug issues found during pre-si validation and also support post-silicon validation
  • Maintain and improve current hardware prototyping environment to speed up the runtime performance and improve the debug facility
  • Provide technical support to other teams


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
  • Strong experience in FPGA prototyping
  • Partition large SoC RTL for multi-FPGA platforms.
  • Perform synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and resource optimization for FPGA builds.
  • Develop and maintain FPGA build infrastructure including scripts, flows, and makefiles.
  • Integrate custom transactors, high-speed interfaces, and debug instrumentation.
  • Validate system functionality by running architectural tests, diagnostics, directed tests, and firmware.
  • Drive debug of functional, timing, or tool-related issues across FPGA, RTL, and test environments.
  • Work across teams (RTL, DV, Emulation, Firmware, Silicon Bring-up) to root-cause and resolve issues efficiently.
  • Strong RTL design background using SystemVerilog/Verilog.
  • Hands-on experience with Synopsys HAPS, Protium, Palladium, or other FPGA/emulation platforms.
  • Experience with SoC buses and protocols: AXI, ACE, APB, PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, SerDes-based links, etc.
  • Strong debug skills across RTL, simulation, FPGA, and system setups.
  • Expertise in scripting/automation: Python, Perl, Tcl, Make/CMake, Shell.
  • Experience integrating C/C++ or embedded firmware into prototyping flows is a plus.
  • Familiarity with emulation acceleration, hybrid simulation, or co-modeling.


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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