What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Silicon Design Engineer position at AMD?
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
As a Senior Staff SoC PnP Engineer, you will own deep-dive post-silicon analysis and tuning across power, thermal, and performance KPIs.
The Person
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architects, design engineers, validation teams, and marketing, to deliver industry-leading SoC solutions with optimized power efficiency and performance.
Key Responsibilities
Austin, TX
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.
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
As a Senior Staff SoC PnP Engineer, you will own deep-dive post-silicon analysis and tuning across power, thermal, and performance KPIs.
The Person
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architects, design engineers, validation teams, and marketing, to deliver industry-leading SoC solutions with optimized power efficiency and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive post-silicon PnP validation, including profiling and measuring EDC/TDC, thermal behavior, frequency scaling, droop characteristics.
- Perform detailed silicon debug across power rails, telemetry, DVS behavior, and PMIC interactions.
- Tune power management knobs and firmware parameters to optimize performance.
- Correlate silicon results with pre-silicon models; identify gaps, propose fixes.
- Plan and execute post‑silicon validation for power/performance/thermal (PVT sweeps, Vmin/Fmax characterization, transient droop analysis).
- Automate data collection/analysis pipelines; develop dashboards for KPIs and regression tracking.
- Debug HW/FW/driver issues affecting PnP; apply fusing/FW tuning to close gaps.
- Collaborate with architecture/DV/FW/platform teams on root cause and fixes; document tuning guides.
- Experience in SoC silicon validation or PnP engineering.
- Strong Python scripting and lab debug skills (scope, logic analyzer, PMIC tools).
- Good understanding of CPU/GPU performance and power telemetry.
- Experience in automotive, industrial, or high-reliability SoCs are a big plus.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
Austin, TX
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.
Salary : $171,200 - $256,800