RTL / Design Verification Engineer

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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 an adaptive, self-motivative Design Verification (DV) engineer to join our growing PLL team. As a key contributor, you will be part of a leading team that drives and improves AMD's ability to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to the market. The Design Engineering team furthers and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development. 

THE PERSON:

• The successful candidate will possess:
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills along with attention to details
• Must be an initiative-taker, able to drive tasks independently and efficiently to completion
• Strong/effective communication skills
• Enthusiastic team-first mentality
• Ability to provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers
• Relevant academic background (M.Sc. degree preferred) and at least 8 years of progressive experience

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

•  Analyze complex verification and digital design problems and propose verification / micro-architecture solutions
• Develop RTL and Firmware validation.
• Drive/develop ASIC verification flows and scripts.
• Create Verification architecture.
• Work with the RTL Design team to ensure functional correctness and coverage.
• Support silicon bring-up and diagnostics.
• Support Post-silicon debug, root cause bug, provide solution or workaround.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Proven experience in design verification from specification to successful silicon.
• Experience in PLL, high-speed interfaces such as DDR, PCIe and high-speed SERDES.
• Experience in designs with multiple power domains.
• Experience in designs with multiple clock domains.
• Experience in behavior modeling for Analog Circuits.
• Experience in industry-standard ASIC CAD tools for verification, simulation, synthesis, STA, CDC, UPF, power estimation, etc.

 ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering 

 LOCATION: 

• Folsom, CA 

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.