Sr. Silicon Design Engineer

AMD; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AMD benefits

Job summary

AMD is seeking a Senior Silicon Design Engineer to join our RTL design team in Bengaluru. You will develop synthesizable RTL for IP cores and work with architecture, verification, and SoC teams to deliver high-performance AMD products.

You will bring strong Verilog/SystemVerilog skills, ASIC/FPGA delivery experience, and familiarity with networking protocols, AI-assisted design tools, and industry-standard EDA flows.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Verilog RTL coding and front-end design flows.
• Experience delivering ASIC and/or FPGA solutions to the market.

Responsibilities

• Develop synthesizable RTL for IP cores.
• Collaborate with IP Architecture, IP Verification, and SoC teams.
• Contribute to design specifications for IP cores.
• Resolve IP simulation regressions with Verification Team.
• Support Power/Performance/Area goals with synthesis and timing closure.
• Mentor less experienced designers.

Skills

RTL design

Verilog

SystemVerilog

ASIC design

AI-powered tools

scripting (Python)

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Computer/ electrical engineering

Tools

Synopsys

Cadence

Mentor

Gate-level simulations

VS Code

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world's most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.

Whether you're designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger - technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we'll advance your career.

SENIOR SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER

THE ROLE:

We are looking for a talented individual to join our team in an RTL design role. Our intellectual property (IP) design team creates IP cores for use in high performance AMD products. Our designers work on industry-leading technologies for communications. Your expertise will be deployed in ASIC projects targeting networking, security, storage, and other applications.

THE PERSON:

You are very proficient in Verilog RTL coding, and front-end design flows. You have experience with data networking and communications protocols, ASIC architecture and RTL design, and EDA design processes. You have demonstrated your technical skill through prior experience delivering ASIC and/or FPGA solutions to the market, and leverage this experience to design and code innovative, high quality IP products.

You are a team player who has excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience collaborating across multiple design sites and time zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and enjoy tackling new challenges. You are a self-starter with a desire to learn and an ability to solve complex, novel, and non-recurring problems. You pay attention to details. You enjoy working amongst a multi-disciplinary team of professionals with diverse skills and experiences to complete projects in an efficient manner.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop synthesizable RTL for IP cores targeting advanced technology nodes
• Utilize modern AI tools to achieve a high level of RTL design productivity through code generation, refactoring, documentation, and debug
• Collaborate directly with IP Architecture, IP Verification, and SoC integration teams
• Contribute to design specifications for IP cores
• Resolve IP simulation regression failures through close collaboration with IP Verification Team and work with Verification Team members to ensure achievement of verification quality metrics
• Work with SoC team and Physical Design (PD) team to meet Power/Performance/Area goals by providing synthesis and timing closure support
• Support the activities of the Emulation Team
• Coach and mentor less experienced designers
• Attend and contribute to regular technical status meetings

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• 6+ Years experience in RTL (Verilog / System Verilog) ASIC design experience through implementations targeting leading edge ASIC technologies
• Proven experience with industry-leading ASIC design tools, synthesis tools, flows, and timing closure
• Experience driving AI-powered tools (VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) that integrate LLMs (Claude, Codex/GPT) for RTL design
• Experience executing design checks such as lint, CDC, and LEC using industry standard ASIC tools
• Skilled in simulation and debugging with functional verification tools from Synopsys, Cadence, and/or Siemens (Mentor) including Gate-level simulations
• Excellent understanding of standard bus/interface protocols (i.e. AXI, AHB, AMBA)
• Experience in modern, complex networking architecture and digital design in general
• Experience with networking protocols (such as Ethernet) and standards for digital communication systems, optical communications, and packet processing applications
• Familiarity with encryption protocols (such as MACsec and IPsec) and security technologies for digital communication systems
• Proficient with workplace AI tools (Microsoft M365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Atlassian Rovo)
• Proficient with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, TCL, Makefile, and csh/bash

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering
• #LI-DB2

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance .

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