Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Senior Emulation Methodology Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • $120K — $160K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Strong analytical and debugging skills in complex technical environments.
  • Experience with emulation/prototyping platforms (e.g., Veloce, Palladium, Protium).
  • Understanding of CPU/GPU architecture and protocols (PCIe, DRAM, etc.).
  • Background in RTL design, verification, or embedded firmware.

Responsibilities

  • Lead collaboration across teams to enhance emulation and prototyping processes.
  • Apply platform knowledge to solve infrastructure and design challenges.
  • Research and implement new technologies for pre-silicon validation.
  • Partner with vendors to create high-performance deployment platforms.
  • Integrate and enable various verification interfaces.
  • Utilize ML/AI techniques to automate emulation workflows.
  • Cooperate with EDA partners to adopt new capabilities in AMD's environment.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive AMD benefits package.
  • Hybrid work model.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Full Job Description
THE ROLE

Join AMD's Emulation and Prototyping Methodology team and help define how next-generation products are validated and delivered. In this role, you will shape advanced hardware/software methodologies and tools that accelerate product readiness across RTL validation, debugging, and pre-/post-silicon workflows. You will partner closely with engineering leaders across the company to build scalable, efficient, and forward-looking approaches that improve productivity and enable rapid innovation.

THE PERSON

You are a technical leader who enjoys solving complex problems, driving clarity, and fostering collaboration. You learn new technologies quickly, think strategically about methodology improvements, and build tools and processes that help teams work smarter. You communicate effectively and create strong partnerships that enable teams to achieve ambitious goals together.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration to develop and deploy methodologies that optimize emulation and prototyping environments and improve time-to-market.
  • Apply platform knowledge to address challenges across infrastructure, design implementation, firmware, and software workloads.
  • Research, evaluate, and integrate new technologies that enhance pre-silicon validation efficiency and scalability.
  • Partners with vendors to define and deploy platforms that meet performance goals (compile time, runtime, capacity, test execution).
  • Integrate and enable verification interfaces including PCIe, memory device models, UART, JTAG, I2C, USB, and Ethernet.
  • Leverage ML/AI techniques to scale and automate emulation workflows.
  • Work closely with EDA partners to incorporate emerging capabilities into AMD's development environment.


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
  • Strong analytical and debugging skills, with the ability to drive solutions in complex technical environments.
  • Experience with one or more emulation/prototyping platforms (e.g., Veloce, Palladium, Protium, Zebu, HAPS).
  • Understanding of CPU/GPU architecture and protocols such as PCIe, DRAM, Ethernet, AMBA, or CXL.
  • Background in RTL design, verification, or embedded firmware/BIOS.
  • Proficiency in System Verilog, C++, Perl, or Python, or the ability to learn them quickly.
  • Familiarity with transactors and C-DPI methodologies for emulation.
  • Experience with waveform analysis tools (e.g., Verdi or Visualizer).
  • Awareness of hybrid emulation technologies.


ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.


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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