MTS Silicon Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Santa Clara, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them. AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

Requirements

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
OR Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
Modern computer architecture, including processor pipeline and memory hierarchy
Hands-on work in C++ programming for hardware modeling or testbench development
Logic design and representing the same in HDL (Verilog or VHDL)
Assembly language programming and Instruction Set Architecture of a modern microprocessor
Hardware Verification methodology and techniques such as simulation, debug, coverage, or formal
Working in a Unix or Linux environment
Scripting languages (Perl, Python, or Ruby)
Hardware or logic simulators (VCS or NC-Verilog)
Debug tools or waveform viewers
Verification languages (Specman, System Verilog, or UVM)
Formal verification tools and techniques
Modeling hardware designs in emulators or FPGAs

Responsibilities

Research, design, develop, and/or test electronic components and systems for semiconductor and related device manufacturing, employing knowledge of electronic theory.
Perform pre-Silicon Functional Verification of next generation high performance Microprocessor designs.
Develop and execute on verification testplans at various levels of design hierarchy including unit and full-chip environments.
Develop high level language testbench components including stimulus drivers, BFMs, behavioral models, monitors and checkers.
Develop, simulate and debug directed random stimulus and assembly level tests to find bugs in the microprocessor design; verify the functionality and verify conformance to the ISA.
Find bugs in the design and work with RTL writers to resolve all simulation failures and discrepancies.
Develop and analyze assertions and coverage terms.
Participate in technical reviews of specifications, design, and testplans.
Identify and address areas of concern to meet design quality objectives.
Develop tools, infrastructure, processes and flows to enable functional verification.
Document testplans and testbench component plans and drive reviews with peers and stakeholders.
Maintain and improve existing functional verification infrastructure and methodology.
When presented with Silicon issues, replicate in the pre-silicon environment and provide debug expertise to root cause the issue and ensure complete validation.
Contribute towards and drive as needed pre-silicon and/or post-silicon verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features.
Drive project deliverables and dependencies with cross-site Architects, RTL writers, and Physical Design engineers.
Independently develop quality, timely and cost-effective solutions.