FPGA Design Engineering Manager (High-speed protocols: PCIe, Ethernet, USB)

Job Title

FPGA Design Engineering Manager (High-speed protocols: PCIe, Ethernet, USB)

Role Summary

Manage a silicon engineering group responsible for FPGA design, integration, and validation of high-speed interfaces. Lead technical execution, coordinate with internal teams and external partners, and drive delivery of silicon and firmware/interface features to meet product schedules.

Experience Level

Senior — manager-level engineering role. No specific years-of-experience listed.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Lead and grow a high-performance FPGA/silicon engineering team; recruit, mentor, and develop talent.
• Assign work, manage schedules, and ensure on-time delivery against milestones.
• Drive technical architecture and conduct hands-on design reviews for Verilog/FPGA implementations.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts and external partners to integrate IP and validate high-speed protocols (PCIe, Ethernet, USB).
• Provide technical support to internal customers and resolve escalated engineering issues.
• Establish engineering best practices, debugging methodologies, and design-of-experiments to improve product quality.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• Proven experience managing and leading engineering teams in a technical organization.
• Hands-on FPGA Verilog design experience and familiarity with AMD/Xilinx toolchains and technologies.
• Practical experience with designs involving high-speed protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, USB.
• Strong system and software engineering background with solid analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to summarize complex problems for executives and drill into details with architects and engineers.
• Self-starter capable of operating in distributed teams.

Nice-to-have:

• Proven mentoring/coaching experience and prior experience forming or scaling technical teams.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electronics Engineering.

About the Company

Company: Advanced Micro Devices

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, USA

Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures microprocessors, graphics processors, and related technologies for a variety of computing devices. Known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, AMD's mission is to deliver high-performance computing solutions for AI, data centers, gaming, and embedded applications. They foster a collaborative, inclusive culture focused on creativity and problem-solving, aiming to drive progress and excellence in technology.