Senior RTL Design Engineer – FPGA/ASIC Design
AMD · Posted Nov 5
High-performance processors, graphics cards, data center solutions, and AI accelerators
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About the role
AMD's team works on next-generation adaptive computing and silicon technologies, spanning FPGA and Adaptive SoC solutions. The role covers RTL/FPGA design, digital signal processing, and system-level emulation and validation, with close collaboration across architecture, design, verification, firmware, and software teams. The Senior Silicon Design Engineer will design, integrate, and validate complex digital hardware, optimize performance, and contribute to technical decisions while mentoring junior engineers.
What you will do
- Design, develop, integrate, and validate complex digital hardware solutions targeting FPGA and Adaptive SoC platforms.
- Develop and optimize RTL designs using VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, with emphasis on functional correctness, performance, and resource utilization.
- Contribute to FPGA implementation activities, including synthesis, PnR, STA, and timing closure.
- Develop and optimize DSP algorithms and hardware acceleration solutions using programmable logic.
- Participate in hardware-software co-design, embedded system integration, and performance optimization.
- Develop and maintain simulation, co-simulation, emulation, and FPGA-based prototyping environments for design and system validation.
- Perform system-level debugging, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex hardware and software integration issues.
- Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, firmware, and software teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.
- Develop automation scripts, validation utilities, and regression frameworks to improve engineering efficiency.
- Participate in technical reviews, contribute to architecture and implementation decisions, and identify opportunities for design improvements.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, VLSI, or a related technical discipline with 5- 10 Years.
- Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals and FPGA/ASIC design methodologies.
- Hands-on experience in RTL design and development using VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog.
- Experience with FPGA design flows, including simulation, synthesis, implementation, and debugging.
- Good understanding of static timing analysis, clock domain crossing, and timing closure concepts.
- Programming proficiency in Python & Scripting using Bash/Perl/Tcl.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to independently own technical tasks and collaborate effectively across engineering teams.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech/MS in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, VLSI, or a related field.
Preferred qualifications
- AMD/Xilinx Vivado and Vitis development environments.
- AMD Versal Adaptive SoC, AI Engine programming, graph development, and performance optimization.
- DSP algorithms, MATLAB/Python modeling, and hardware implementation.
- FPGA-based emulation, prototyping, and silicon validation.
- Hardware-software co-design and embedded processor-based systems, including ARM and MicroBlaze.
- AXI protocols, memory interfaces, and high-speed data movement architectures.
- SystemVerilog/UVM-based verification methodologies.
- Wireless communication systems, RF signal processing, or high-performance DSP applications.
- Linux-based development environments, Tcl/Python scripting, and automated regression frameworks.
- Experience with board bring-up, system integration, and hardware debugging.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About AMD
AMD is a global semiconductor company that designs high-performance central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), and adaptive processors for data centers, personal computers, gaming consoles, and embedded systems. The company specializes in advanced computing solutions and AI accelerators, positioning itself as a major leader in modern high-performance and artificial intelligence hardware. Through strategic developments and acquisitions, AMD continues to expand its ecosystem across cloud infrastructure, enterprise computing, and physical AI.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 31000 employees
- Founded
- 1969-05-01
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
- 2007-11-16Post Ipo
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