Sr. Staff Silicon Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices Inc; Dublin; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Opportunities for career advancement

Job summary

A globally recognized technology firm in Dublin seeks a skilled SR. STAFF SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER to join their innovative team. The successful candidate will lead digital design efforts using advanced technologies and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams. Ideal applicants should have extensive experience in IC/ASIC design and a strong grasp of SystemVerilog. Competitive benefits package and opportunities for personal growth are offered within an inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum education level: BS with 8 years of experience.
• Proven experience in leading digital IC design teams.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog and front-end design.

Responsibilities

• Lead front-end digital design flow including architecture specification.
• Work closely with analog design and verification teams.
• Promote best design practices within the team.

Skills

Front-end design experience in IC / ASIC design

SystemVerilog expertise

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

BS + 8 years, MS + 7 years, PhD + 5 years

Tools

Matlab / Octave

Digital verification techniques such as UVM

Job description

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.

SR. STAFF SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER

THE ROLE:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the innovative and multi‑award‑winning team that has developed the RF data converter sub‑system, including direct‑RF digital signal processing, around which Xilinx Zync® Ultrascale+™ RFSoC is built. As part of the Analog and Digital‑RF design group you will be working on leading‑edge digital communications developments in an advanced mixed‑signal environment using the latest 7nm and 16nm FinFET CMOS processes.

The role requires an experienced digital design engineer to work on all aspects of the front‑end digital design flow including architecture specification and RTL design and optimisation, as well as some verification and synthesis. This will involve extensive interactions with the analog design team, digital verification team, synthesis and place‑and‑route team. The successful candidate will also be expected to perform a technical leadership role within the team and to promote best design practice within the team.

THE PERSON:

A successful candidate will work with senior silicon design engineers. The candidate will be highly accurate and detail‑oriented, possessing good communication and problem‑solving skills.

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Expert front‑end design experience in a modern IC / ASIC design environment
• Experience in leading digital IC design teams
• Extensive experience of tools and design flows including RTL design and verification, CDC checking, linting, DFx, power estimation and design for low power
• Expert knowledge of SystemVerilog and logic design concepts
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Ability to work well as part of a collaborative multi‑site interdisciplinary team
• Awareness of physical design flows including synthesis, STA, P&R
• Good awareness of physical implementation constraints on design and design optimization

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in high speed wireless communications
• Strong knowledge of DSP fundamentals and extensive experience in implementing DSP in ASIC hardware
• Experience of Matlab / Octave algorithm development and architecture modelling
• Experience of power management techniques / UPF
• Experience of designing on the analog/digital boundary
• Knowledge of modern digital verification techniques such as UVM

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Minimum education level / experience: BS + 8 years, MS + 7 years, PhD + 5 years

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