Product Application Engineer - FPGA/Emulation & ACAP Compilation Tools

AMD; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is looking for a Product Engineer specializing in FPGA/Emulation and ACAP Compilation Tools in Hyderabad, Telangana. As a Member of Technical Staff, you will own critical aspects of the Emulation and Prototyping product area, support customer escalations, and drive innovation in technology.

The ideal candidate has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and significant experience in RTL-based design and emulation methodologies. Communication and teamwork skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Excellent knowledge of pre-silicon validation and emulation use cases.
• Intermediate-to-advanced understanding of Emulation & Prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Own the Emulation & Prototyping product area.
• Drive customer escalations and contribute to new technology rollouts.
• Triage issues across emulation product areas.

Skills

RTL-based design flows

Emulation & Prototyping

FPGA design process

System-level issue resolution

Technical communication

Team collaboration

Education

MS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Tcl

Perl

Python

Job description

Product Engineer - FPGA/Emulation & ACAP Compilation Tools

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Position: Member of Technical Staff (MTS) in the Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group (AECG) – Application Engineering.

Duties

• Own the Emulation & Prototyping product area and become the future team champion on high-impact projects and with key customers.
• Drive critical customer escalations to resolution and contribute to new emulation and prototyping technology rollouts.
• Triage reported issues across E&P product areas—including hardware emulation flows, FPGA prototyping platforms, and design compilation—to help engineers address them effectively.
• Explore innovative emulation and prototyping methodologies and evaluate their impact on design practices for current and next-generation AMD SoC and Versal ACAP device families.
• Develop and deliver training materials on new emulation/prototyping features, platforms, and methodologies.

Qualifications

• MS or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or a related technology area with a minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Excellent working knowledge of RTL-based design flows, pre‑silicon validation expectations, and emulation/prototyping customer use cases.
• Good working knowledge of the entire FPGA or ASIC design process and tool flow, with intermediate-to-advanced understanding of the Emulation & Prototyping domain, including hardware emulation platforms and/or FPGA prototyping systems (HAPS, Protium). Scripting experience in Tcl, Perl, or Python is desired.
• Strong understanding of design methodologies for Emulation & Prototyping flows.
• Ability to handle and solve complex system‑level issues across emulation, prototyping, and pre‑silicon validation environments.
• Effective technical communication skills: simplify and convey complex subjects, clearly explain options, trade‑offs, and impacts, and report to management concisely and actionably.
• Teamwork: work collaboratively with numerous cross‑site and cross‑domain teams, maintaining a positive attitude under variable workloads.

AMD is an equal‑opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. We provide accommodations to applicants with disabilities, veterans, and other qualified persons in accordance with applicable laws.