AI Silicon Design Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next‑generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture.

We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

We are looking for an adaptive, self‑motivated senior silicon design engineer to join our growing AI team. As a key contributor, you will be a part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry‑leading AI technologies to market. The Design Engineering team will further and encourage continuous technical innovation and at the same time facilitate your steady career development.

You have a passion for modern, complex digital architecture and design in general. You are a responsible teammate who has good communication skills and is flexible in collaborating with engineers in different sites/time zones. You have strong analytical and problem‑solving skills and are eager to learn and take on new problems.

• Digital design implementation and micro‑architecture
• RTL coding in Verilog/System Verilog
• Timing closure - timing constraints, synthesis, logic‑depth optimization
• Design area improvements
• Design flow quality checks - Lint, CDC, RDC, LCP and others
• Low power design techniques, UPF included
• Sub‑system/IP Integration into SoC
• Physical Design support
• Hardware modeling support

• 3-5 years of working experience in ASIC design
• Proficiency in Verilog/System Verilog RTL
• Active knowledge of design QC flows
• Some pipelined high‑speed bus protocol - AXI or similar
• Multi‑clock / multi‑reset design knowledge
• Processor design familiarity
• Low‑power design analysis
  
  Design tools including Spyglass, Questa CDC, Conformal, VCS, Verdi, DVE
• Scripting skills - Shell/Tcl/Perl/Python
• Version control systems such as Perforce, ICManage

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

San Jose, CA

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.