Silicon Design Engineer - Technical Lead

Advanced Micro Devices; Markham; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices in Markham, Ontario, is seeking an experienced hardware-focused engineer to join the IP and digital design team. You will contribute to RTL design, micro-architecture, and integration across USB, PCIe, and CXL protocols for high-performance chips powering servers and PCs.

The role spans DFT, firmware collaboration, verification, and physical design, with opportunities to optimize area, power, and timing.

Qualifications

• Master’s/Bachelor’s in electrical engineering or equivalent preferred.
• Experience with RTL/micro-architecture and multi-clock designs.
• Strong analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop micro-architecture for modules and RTL design.
• Work with DFT, Firmware, Verification and Physical Design teams.
• Optimize for area, power, and performance metrics.
• Document designs and present findings to stakeholders.
• Support bring-up and debugging across multi-clock systems.

Skills

I/O protocols

RTL design

Debugging

Firmware collaboration

Documentation

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Tools

Synthesis

Equivalence Checking

CDC Analysis

Linting

STA

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMDis shapingthefuture.

Whetheryou’redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

This role is an excellent opportunity to work on the cutting-edge next generation technologies that will be part of future AMD Microprocessors powering Servers and Personal Computers as well as Graphics Cards and VR sets. You will join one of the fastest-growing field of Chiplet Interconnect technology rapidly being adopted across the VLSI industry. The team works on supporting both AMD proprietary I/O protocols and is also a key driver for industry standard Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) and Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink). The IP portfolio caters to short/ultra-short reach die-2-die interconnect with different bounding boxes tied to beachfront, Power, BER requirements. As a member of this team, you get a chance to work on IP development, drive design-specification, work on digital design and collaborate in the whole spectrum of areas include DFT, Firmware, Design verification, and Physical Design.

THE PERSON:

Thrives in a collaborative, team-oriented environment that fosters continuous learning and professional growth. Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with exceptional attention to detail and a passion for learning new design methodologies and implementation techniques. Possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and influence stakeholders. Exhibits strong leadership potential and a proactive approach to driving results.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Experience with I/O protocols like USB, PCIe, CXL.
• Experience in developing micro-architecture for any given module.
• RTL design experience with multi-clock, high frequency designs, low latency, low power & high performance.
• Debugging/Post Silicon Bring up
• Good Documentation and presentation skills.
• Micro-architecture of simple to complex digital blocks.
• RTL development using best industry practices.
• Optimize design for key metrics like Area, Power, Performance etc.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams like DFT, Implementation, Verification, Emulation, Firmware regularly.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in digital front-end implementation, including micro-arch. definition
• Experience with scripting/automation languages like Python/Perl
• Firmware on Hardware-Firmware co-design
• Experience with state-of-the-art industry standard digital tools
• Preferred experience in design with multiple clock domains
• RTL design experience with multi-clock, high frequency designs
• Knowledge in digital RTL Digital Design and Implementation
• Experience with Synthesis, Equivalence Checking, Clock-Domain Crossing (CDC) Analysis, Area/Power optimizations, Linting, Static Timing Analysis (STA)

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Master’s/Bachelor’s in electrical engineering or equivalent preferred

Location

Markham, ON

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.