Silicon Validation Engineer - SoC Integration
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: We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Silicon Validation Engineer to join our growing Systems Validation Integration and Platform (SVIP) team and launch your career in Silicon Validation! Our team plays a critical role in ensuring the quality of AMD's next-generation FPGA and SoC products. As an Silicon Validation engineer, you'll work alongside experienced mentors to validate cutting-edge technology through hands-on pre-silicon and post-silicon testing, debugging, and characterization. THE PERSON: As a Systems Design Engineer, you'll contribute to validating innovative SoC products featuring low-power, high-performance multi-core embedded CPUs. This is an excellent opportunity to gain broad exposure across the entire product development lifecycle while building foundational skills in Silicon Validation.
Requirements
- Knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategies
- Projects and experience involving FPGAs, embedded systems, or SoC design
- Experience in writing drivers for validating Direct Memory Access(DMA) Controllers, knowledge of MMU, Caches etc.
- Programming/scripting skills (e.g., C programming and ARM, Python)
- Experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization
- Understanding of operating systems (Linux preferred)
- Experience with version control systems (Git)
- Experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in electronics, electrical or computer engineering
Responsibilities
- Assist in pre-silicon validation using FPGA-based prototyping and emulation platforms.
- Support post-silicon bring-up activities and system-level testing.
- Develop and execute validation tests under guidance, including directed tests for SoC blocks and I/O interfaces.
- Run regression tests using system-level validation tools
- Create scripts to automate testing processes and improve efficiency
- Execute test plans and document results clearly.
- Help validate SoC designs to enable early software development.
- Participate in reference board bring-up and test environment setup.
- Debugging issues found during the SOC (System on a Chip) programs bring-up, validation, and production phases
- Working with multiple teams and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
