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Job Role and Responsibility: AMD, Inc. is hiring MTS Silicon Design Engineer to 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. 

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Travel required: NO       

Qualifications: Degree required

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Qualifications: Amount and type of experience required: Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.

Alternate combination of education and experience: Employer will alternatively accept a 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.

Specific skills required: The following skills are required:

Position requires three (3) years of experience in the following:

• 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; and
• Modeling hardware designs in emulators or FPGAs.

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position.  AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits offered are described:  AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position.  AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.