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Sr. Staff Characterization Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/10/2026


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We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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THE ROLE: 

As an SMTS Product Development Engineer, you will be leading cross functional discussions that combine foundry technology and silicon performance and software modeling. The goals will be to find the best balance between product specifications and product cost.  The field is becoming broader with programmable logic and semi custom device considerations.

The Global Operations and Quality Characterization team is responsible for measuring device performance.  There are measurements during new product introduction and there are measurements during production test of every part.  Defining the right content and using it to make accurate predictions is key.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Lead team in characterization strategies for programmable logic and interconnect

· Understand the relationship between foundry process and product performance

· Improve silicon performance models with intelligent designs and advanced test techniques

· Communicate across multiple geographies to plan, design, measure, and tune timing models

 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

· Languages: Verilog or other HDL

· Software: Vivado, Vitis, and scripting languages

· Data Analytics/Visualization

· FPGA or Firmware experience

· Static Timing Analysis

 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

· Bachelor’s or Master’s in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or comparable disciplines.

 

LOCATION:

San Jose, CA

 

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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.

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