CPU Cache Architect

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • Fort Collins, CO

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About The Position

AMD’s Cores Organization develops CPUs and caches that support its server, client, and gaming business. The CPU Cache Architect will join the team as a technical expert and key contributor and leader for next-generation cores and caches, focusing on performance modeling, performance analysis, and microarchitecture development. The team is based in Fort Collins, Colorado; remote work may be possible. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Self-motivation and commitment to meeting deadlines.
• Creativity and innovation, including willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of small teams and a larger cross-site organization.

Nice To Haves

• C++ programming and scripting language capabilities.
• Computer architecture background with industry experience architecting processors, caches, and interconnect.
• Familiarity with digital RTL design, software development, and Verilog HDL; experience writing and debugging RTL.
• Experience collaborating across disciplines as part of a diverse team.
• BS, MS, or PhD in EE, CS, CSE, or a similar field; expertise in hardware design is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to optimize CPU, cache, and interconnect performance.
• Develop and enhance cycle-accurate core, cache, and SoC performance simulators.
• Develop simulators at other abstraction levels.
• Use simulators, analytical methods, emulation, and post-silicon observation and experimentation to develop and evaluate microarchitecture improvements.
• Develop and improve tools and methodology for workload performance analysis.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior