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At AMD, we push the boundaries of what is possible.  We believe in changing the world for the better by driving innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies – building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms, and the data center. 
 

Developing great technology takes more than talent: it takes amazing people who understand collaboration, respect, and who will go the “extra mile” to achieve unthinkable results.  It takes people who have the passion and desire to disrupt the status quo, push boundaries, deliver innovation, and change the world.   If you have this type of passion, we invite you to take a look at the opportunities available to come join our team.
 

Silicon Design Engineer 2

The Role:

• 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 complete verification testplans at different 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 and random stimulus and assembly level tests to find bugs in the microprocessor design; verify the functionality and verify conformance to the ISA
• Work with RTL writers to resolve all simulation failures and discrepancies
• Develop and analyze assertions and coverage terms. Participate in technical reviews of the 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
• Maintain and improve existing functional verification infrastructure and methodology.

The Person:

• Independently develop quality, timely and efficient solutions.
• Has good communication skills, and the ability to work with a team with varied strengths.

Required Experience:

Detailed and shown expertise in at least two of the following either academic or professional setting

• Modern computer architecture including processor pipeline and memory hierarchy
• Hands-on work in C++ programming for either hardware modeling or testbench development or projects of similar scope and complexity
• Logic design and representing the same in HDL (e.g. Verilog or VHDL)
• Assembly language programming and Instruction Set Architecture of a modern microprocessor
• Hardware Verification methodology and techniques

Preferred Experience:

• Prior Coop, Internship or RA experience in the above listed required skills
• Experience in scripting languages (e.g. Perl or Python or Ruby) and in hardware/logic simulators (e.g. VCS or NC-Verilog) and in modeling hardware designs in emulators or FPGAs
• Experience in debug tools or waveform viewers
• Experience in Verification languages (e.g. Specman or System Verilog or UVM) and in Formal verification tools and techniques

Academic Credentials:

• MS in EE/ECE/CE/CompSci

Location:

US, CA, Santa Clara

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AMD employees who will be working onsite at an AMD US facility, are encouraged to provide proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon their start date. This is for the safety of our employees, and to permit AMD to be prepared in the event the stay on Executive Order 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors is lifted. AMD is not requiring exemption / accommodation submittals at this time.