SoC Pre-Silicon Emulation Engineer

AMD; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD's Emulation and Prototyping team in Vancouver, BC, Canada seeks a Silicon Design Engineer 2 to help develop infrastructure and validation environments for next-generation SoCs powering top computing platforms.

You will work with architecture, design, firmware, software, and verification teams to enable early hardware and software bring-up before silicon is available, gaining hands-on experience with emulation technologies and AI-assisted engineering tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience with C/C++, Python, TCL, and/or SystemVerilog.
• Understanding of digital logic design, computer architecture fundamentals, and Linux-based development environments.
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to ASIC design, design verification, FPGA development, emulation, or related hardware development projects through coursework, research, or internships.
• Familiarity with industry-standard interfaces and protocols such as PCIe, CXL, DDR, AXI, or other AMBA protocols.
• Experience with firmware or embedded software development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable emulation testbenches, validation infrastructure, and reusable automation frameworks.
• Support bring-up, debug, and validation activities on emulation and prototyping platforms.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, firmware, software, and verification teams to plan and execute pre-silicon validation.
• Create automation and test content using Python and other scripting languages.
• Develop and debug embedded firmware, boot code, and validation applications used for feature enablement and hardware/software co-validation.
• Analyze functional failures, drive root-cause debug, and contribute to new emulation and prototyping methodologies.
• Validate next-generation features, protocols, and interfaces while leveraging AI-powered tools to enhance engineering productivity.

Skills

C/C++

Python

TCL

SystemVerilog

Computer architecture

Linux development

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

PCIe

CXL

DDR

AXI

AMBA protocols

Job description

AMD's Emulation and Prototyping team in Vancouver, BC, Canada seeks a Silicon Design Engineer 2 to help develop infrastructure and validation environments for next-generation SoCs powering top computing platforms.

You will work with architecture, design, firmware, software, and verification teams to enable early hardware and software bring-up before silicon is available, gaining hands-on experience with emulation technologies and AI-assisted engineering tools.