Emulation Engineer

Role Summary

The person will be part of AMD's CPU Silicon Emulation team. This team plays a critical role in next generation AMD CPU design, involving a deep understanding of AMD X86 CPU architecture and microarchitecture. The candidate will debug emulation issues of RTL and provide feedback to the design team in a pre-silicon and emulation environment.

Experience Level

8-15 years of experience in processor/ASIC design verification.

Responsibilities

• Experience working in emulation and silicon environments.
• Debugging low level software and hardware issues.
• Experience with debugging tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers.
• Knowledge of CPU and SoC architectures.
• Basic understanding of power and performance.
• Experience with programming in C.
• Experience with pre-silicon enablement and bring-up.
• Expertise in Verilog / SystemVerilog.
• Validation and debugging of digital circuits.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and TCL.
• FPGA expertise with Cadence/Xilinx/Intel FPGAs and tools.

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-learner who is ready to upgrade skills to stay current with technology.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork.

Education Requirements

Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering with relevant coursework and research experience.