Principal SoC Architect
About The Position
ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career. THE ROLE: We are seeking a seasoned SoC Architect with expertise or significant interest in System Architecture. You have had significant success driving architecture, product roadmaps and product requirements. You are meticulous about Power, Performance and Area while driving schedule and managing cost. This senior role will stretch you as you lead architecture teams in new directions, network with our world-class, patent-holding think-tank, and negotiate amongst design teams, marketing, and business unit executives.
Requirements
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, demonstrated through technical publications, presentations, trainings, executive briefings, etc.
- Highly adept at collaboration among top-thinkers and engineers alike, ready to mentor and guide, and help to elevate the knowledge and skills of the team around you.
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in related discipline preferred
- This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Outstanding foundation in Systems & SoC architecture, with expertise in one or more of the following: Processors, Memory sub-system, Interconnects, Coherency, Multimedia, I/O subsystems, Clocks, Resets, Safety, Reliability, and Security
- Experience analyzing System-level Micro-Architectural features to identify performance bottlenecks within different workloads
- Demonstrated expertise in power management microarchitecture, low power design and power optimization, along with power impact at architecture, logic design, and circuit levels
- Experience defining architecture across multiple end markets such as Datacenter, Edge AI, Automotive, Industrial, Networking, and Embedded systems, with an understanding of how architectural priorities differ for each.
- Excellent communication, management, and presentation skills.
- Adept at collaboration among top-thinkers and senior architects with strong interpersonal skills to work across teams in different geographies
Responsibilities
- Define product features and capabilities, close architecture, and micro-architecture requirements, drive technical specifications for SoC and IP blocks to meet those requirements, and provide technical direction to execution teams
- Comprehend the SOC as a complete system which includes HW (Silicon), FW, SW and ensure that FW and SW are aligned to enable all features, optimizing for performance and power
- Work cross functionally with IP/Domain architects to identify and assess complex technical issues/risks and develop architectural solutions to achieve product requirements
- Knowledge sharing and other contributions to Platform & System Architecture
- As an overall product owner, responsible for architecture analysis and technical solutions for marketing/feature change requests
- Work closely with Design teams for Area and Floorplan refinement, Verification Test plan reviews, Timing targets, Emulation plans, Pre-Si bug resolution and Performance/Power Verification sign offs
- Support Post-Si teams for Product Performance, Power and functional issues debug/resolution
Benefits
- AMD benefits at a glance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
