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THE ROLE:

This position is targeted at an experienced candidate who can help define the future Vivado SoC tool chain at AMD for our next generation embedded SoC devices. As an MTS Product Development Engineer, you will ensure that our processing sub-systems are fully supported in our Vivado and Vitis software tool chains. The candidate will collect customer use cases and feedback with our Marketing teams, develop proposals and specifications with our engineering teams, and document and train our field application engineers and customer support teams.

THE PERSON:

A successful candidate should have extensive experience developing or using complex SoC devices. They should be familiar with the configuration and boot procedures of SoCs, customer security concerns, multi-core devices with various levels of cache coherency, NoC or other alternative interconnect standards to transfer data between hard blocks, and configuration dependencies between hard blocks. The candidate should be able to translate customer use cases and preferred design entry methods into clear requirements and specifications for engineering to implement. Clear communication is a requirement as the candidate will be working with many cross functional teams spanning many international time-zones.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop an industry leading software design entry solution for future AMD SoC devices.
• Ensure a seamless customer experience configuring and using our SoC devices.
• Ensure all hardware functionality is accounted for in our software solution.
• Actively contribute to writing software specifications with our engineering teams to ensure the robustness of the solution.
• Engage with marketing and customers to gauge feedback on prototype solutions and adjust software specifications as necessary.
• Develop testcases that accurately reflect the complexity of our customer’s designs to assess the quality and ease of use of our solution.
• Document and educate our sales team and customers through user guides, tutorials, and attending conferences.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• SoC development or design experience.
• Familiar with embedded operating systems.
• Experience writing software applications for embedded processors.
• Familiar with RTL development and associated design flows.
• Scripting languages such as Perl, Python and shell script 
• Proficient in Linux, Windows, and embedded operating systems.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

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

LOCATION: San Jose, CA

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package. Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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