CPU Core Verification Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

24d•Hybrid

About The Position

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career. AMD is looking for talented, detail-oriented and motivated design verification engineers who are interested in functional verification of x86 microprocessor cores. You’ll have the unique opportunity to work on and learn about some of the industry’s cutting edge micro-architectural designs while you create verification models and plans for verifying the architecture of the X86 CPU core. Your contributions will impact products that span the global x86 market from server to desktop and laptop designs. THE PERSON: You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You approach challenges relentlessly with both critical thinking and creativity. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/time zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

Requirements

Strong knowledge of microprocessor architecture.
Demonstrated experience with x86 or ARM Architecture (ISA)
A passion for computer architecture and a good understanding of modern out-of-order superscalar processor architecture.
Good software architecture, programming and scripting abilities with C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl.
Hands-on work in C++ programming for either hardware modeling or testbench development or projects of similar scope and complexity
Simulation and debug with a Verilog based functional simulator.
x86 Assembly language
Knowledge of tools and techniques to represent and analyze data.
General functional verification experience with digital designs.
Working experience in UNIX software environment.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in both pre- and post-silicon environments.
BS, MS, or PhD degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or related field of study.

Responsibilities

Defining and implementing golden reference architectural models of X86 instructions in an instruction set reference model.
Enabling tools and flows to deliver instruction set reference models to core verification teams and as documentation into X86 architectural manuals.
Working with core architects regarding specifications for new ISA instructions and other customer visible features added to the CPU core.
Writing instruction set reference model code using programming languages (C++/Python etc.) with ability to support new ISA features over CPU core generations and core variants in a generation.
Defining and implementing plans including stimulus, checking and functional coverage plans for instruction set reference model testing.
Debugging regression fails and fixing verification issues.
Providing tools for architectural coverage models based on the instruction set reference model.
Developing stimulus with x86 Assembly and/or AMD's internal ISA exercisers.
Writing X86 assembly tests or using random exerciser tests to test instruction set reference model.
Ability to model architectural and micro-architectural details at various levels of abstraction.
Analyzing functional coverage and closing holes.