Pre Silicon System Emulation and Debug Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • Austin, TX

3d

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.

The Role:
In this role you will be a key contributor to AMD’s technical strategy and growth, you will drive and support validation of silicon designs and the implementation of new Shift Left technologies. You will champion continuous innovation by enabling next‑generation SoC and enterprise emulation capabilities, enhancing pre‑silicon IP and system validation coverage, and advancing new software enablement. In this role, you will also plan and execute shift‑left initiatives for upcoming products while closely collaborating with program technical leads, including the Lead System Engineer and Silicon Evaluation Lead.
This role focuses on pre-silicon emulation debug, development and validation of complex boot flows connections and peripherals in the SOC design.
The Person:
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in microprocessor product development and demonstrates the ability to navigate and resolve multiple complex challenges under tight deadlines. They must possess strong collaboration and communication skills, along with a proven history of working effectively across cross‑functional teams and successfully delivering projects to completion.

Requirements

• Recent, prior years of semiconductor development with focused experience in emulation and other shift left technologies and processes
• Hands-on experience validating low-power states such as S0i3 in pre-silicon emulation environments, including debug of entry/exit flows and dependencies across firmware and hardware components
• Knowledge of computer system architecture and microprocessor development
• Demonstrated success in product verification, emulation, and post silicon validation
• Ability to structure and execute complex analysis, draw insights, and communicate summary findings/recommendations to senior management and to AMD customers
• Ability to network, build relationships, and drive effective decision-making across multiple functions and levels within the organization
• Highly organized, able to prioritize, and juggle multiple work streams to tight deadlines
• Knowledge of Verilog, C, C++, assembly, TCL/TK, Python, and/or other scripting languages
• Bachelor, Master's or PhD degree in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering, or related degree

Responsibilities

• Direct focus on the goals of improving product time-to-market, quality of hardware, firmware, software, lowering development costs
• Work with various pre-silicon tools and concepts such as emulation, FPGA, software models, N-1 silicon usage, etc., including pre-to-post-silicon initiatives
• Contribute to high-priority issue debug and execution on critical projects
• Drive new capabilities and technologies to effectively enhance system validation quality and coverage prior to silicon arrival
• Lead defining shift left strategies for new products with customers
• Define key metrics to facilitate and track improvements
• Collaborate with other business units within AMD to share learning and best practices

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees