Technical Marketing Engineer – FPGA Design

Advanced Micro Devices; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices is seeking a Technical Marketing Engineer in Belfast to drive Vivado tool roadmaps, validate features, and generate training materials. You’ll work with global teams, translate technical concepts, and help customers apply AI-enhanced design flows for FPGA/SoC projects.

The role emphasizes learning, collaboration, and clear technical communication in a fast-moving environment with hybrid work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE or related field.
• Master’s degree with relevant experience preferred.
• Recent FPGA project experience encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Support pre- and post-sales enablement for new features under guidance.
• Create training materials, tutorials, user guides, demos, and app notes.
• Help plan and validate tool features and workflows across Vivado.
• Collaborate with engineering to verify features and document behavior.
• Assist in field/customer communications about tool capabilities.
• Incorporate customer feedback to propose feature improvements.
• Develop breadth across Vivado tool areas for flexible contributions.
• Support new product launches with collateral and field readiness.

Skills

FPGA tools

RTL simulation

Synthesis

Implementation

IP integration

Scripting Tcl/Python

HDL Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL

AI-powered workflows

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/CE/EE or related field

Master’s Degree with relevant experience

Tools

Vivado

IP Integrator

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them.

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

THE ROLE:

The person in the role of Technical Marketing Engineer for AMD-AECG is a motivated individual who contributes to the Vivado and next generation tool product roadmap to serve customer needs. This person supports feature validation, documentation, training materials and customer enablement across the full breadth of Vivado tool areas. Technical Marketing works closely with product planning, R&D, applications engineering and customers to improve the FPGA and Adaptive SoC design process and enable the next generation of designs and methodologies. The environment is fast moving, global and focused on emerging technologies.

THE PERSON:

The successful Technical Marketing Engineer contributes to defining, validating and supporting Vivado tools and methodologies across the full tool suite — including design flows, simulation, debug, IP integration, implementation, scripting, and deployment. This person is eager to learn, works well under guidance from senior team members, and is developing the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both internal and external audiences. We operate with an agentic AI-first mindset and expect team members to actively incorporate AI into how they work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support sales enablement through pre-sales and post-sales activities for new features under guidance from senior team members.
• Contribute to the creation of training materials, tutorials, user guides, demos, videos, example designs, and application notes for AMD FPGA and Adaptive SoC hardware tools.
• Support planning in defining and validating tool features, flows, and methodologies across Vivado.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to verify tool features and document expected behavior.
• Assist in field and customer communication, helping to clarify tool capabilities and design approaches.
• Evaluate field and customer feedback under direction from senior team members and contribute to feature improvement proposals.
• Learn and develop expertise across multiple Vivado tool areas — building breadth that enables flexible contribution wherever the team needs support.
• Support new product and feature launches, contributing to collateral creation and field readiness activities.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Working knowledge of FPGA design tools and flows (academic or professional).
• Familiarity with one or more of: RTL simulation, synthesis, implementation, debug, IP integration, or scripting (Tcl, Python).
• Familiarity with HDL languages such as Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
• Curiosity and aptitude to learn new tool areas quickly.
• Hands-on experience applying AI agents and copilots to automate engineering workflows or solve technical problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a desire to create clear technical content.
• Ability to work effectively in a global team environment.
• Coursework or project experience in FPGA, ASIC, or SoC design is highly valued.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related equivalent with relevant experience; OR
• Master’s Degree with relevant experience is preferred

Recent graduates with strong FPGA project experience are encouraged to apply.

LOCATION:

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (different location arrangements will not be considered for this role).

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.