Senior Research Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING 

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 engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor, you will be part of a leading team to improve and evaluate AMD's research projects in Machine Learning accelerator architecture.

THE PERSON: 

You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Develop/Maintain tests for functional verification and performance verification at the core level 

• Build emulation and evaluation methodology for next-generation device architectures
• Drive silicon bringup and evaluation of next-generation prototype devices
• Model performance and device architecture for next-generation devices
• Work effectively as part of a distributed team between research and product groups

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Good at C/C  
• Familiarity with SystemVerilog and modern verification libraries like UVM 
• Experience/Background on Emulation, AI/ML, architecture evaluation is a benefit 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

LOCATION: San Jose, Ca

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.