CPU Design Verification Engineer

Role Summary

The CPU Design Verification Engineer will be part of AMD's CPU Silicon Emulation team, which plays a critical role in next-generation AMD CPU design. This involves a deep understanding of AMD's X86 CPU architecture and microarchitecture, debugging emulation issues, and providing feedback to the design team for the latest generation CPU in a pre-silicon environment.

Experience Level

This position requires 8-15 years of experience in processor/ASIC design verification, particularly with a focus on micro-architecture testing for high-performance processors.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Experience in emulation and silicon environments for pre-silicon prototyping.
• Debugging low-level software and hardware issues.
• Using debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers.
• Understanding CPU and SoC architectures.
• Programming in C and utilizing scripting languages such as Python and TCL.
• Expertise in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Validation and debugging of digital circuits.
• Experience with Cadence/Xilinx/Intel FPGAs and timing closure techniques.

Requirements

Ideal candidates should be self-learners, collaborative, and fast-paced learners with excellent communication skills.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields with relevant coursework and research.