Hybrid Silicon Design Engineer: CPU Microarchitecture

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc; Cambourne; Híbrido; GBP 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

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Descripción de la vacante

AMD in Cambridge, United Kingdom, seeks a Silicon Design Engineer to contribute to high-performance CPU microarchitecture modelling and performance analysis. You will work with experienced teams to develop cycle-accurate models, analyze workloads, and support RTL-to-model correlations for future processors.

The role offers collaboration across performance, architecture, RTL design, and software groups, with a focus on building strong technical expertise in CPU pipelines, memory systems, and

Formación

• Strong programming skills in C++, with Python or other scripting languages beneficial.
• Good understanding of computer architecture and CPU microarchitecture fundamentals.
• Academic, research, internship, or industry experience involving processor architecture, performance modelling, simulation, or hardware design.
• Familiarity with performance analysis, benchmarking, or cycle-accurate simulation is advantageous.
• Understanding of computing software stacks, including operating systems, compilers, and applications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and work effectively within an engineering team.
• Evidence of curiosity and technical initiative through academic projects, research, internships, open-source contributions, publications, or personal projects is beneficial.
• A strong electronics or digital hardware background, including knowledge of digital logic, RTL, or hardware design principles, is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and enhance cycle-accurate CPU microarchitecture performance models.
• Analyse workloads, execution traces, and performance data to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.
• Support RTL-to-performance-model correlation and investigate differences between models and hardware implementations.
• Evaluate microarchitecture features and quantify their impact on CPU performance.
• Collaborate with performance, architecture, RTL design, and software teams on CPU feature development.
• Develop tools, scripts, and methodologies that improve performance analysis and modelling efficiency.
• Build technical expertise across CPU pipelines, prediction structures, memory systems, and other core microarchitecture components.

Conocimientos

C++

Python

Computer architecture

CPU microarchitecture

Educación

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Engineering

Descripción del empleo

AMD in Cambridge, United Kingdom, seeks a Silicon Design Engineer to contribute to high-performance CPU microarchitecture modelling and performance analysis. You will work with experienced teams to develop cycle-accurate models, analyze workloads, and support RTL-to-model correlations for future processors.

The role offers collaboration across performance, architecture, RTL design, and software groups, with a focus on building strong technical expertise in CPU pipelines, memory systems, and