Sr. Silicon Design Engineer

CareerArc; Bayan Lepas; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Front-End SOC Engineer in Penang, Malaysia. As a key contributor, you will collaborate with chip architects to drive innovations in silicon design. The ideal candidate will have expertise in RTL design using Verilog and VHDL, along with strong scripting skills. The role offers the opportunity to work on advanced technologies in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in ASIC/SoC front-end design and methodologies.
• Knowledge in front-end design involving processor-based sub-systems.
• Exposure to low-power design and system security.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver IP-level RTL.
• Implement front-end RTL integration.
• Optimize the design to meet power, performance, area, and timing requirements.

Skills

RTL Verilog

VHDL

SystemVerilog

Python

TCL

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Spyglass

Various IPs (PCIe, DDR4/5)

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming, and embedded systems. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.

AMD together we advance_

THE ROLE:

As part of the AECG ASIC/Custom silicon team, we are looking for an adaptive, self-motivated Front-End SOC silicon design engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market.

THE PERSON:

As a Front-End SOC Engineer, you will work with chip architects to conceive designs, help with architecture/product definition through early involvement in the product lifecycle.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and deliver IP-level RTL, and implement front-end RTL integration.
• Experience in ASIC/SoC front-end design and methodologies, preferably RTL Verilog and VHDL based.
• Knowledge in front-end design involving processor-based sub-systems, serial standard interfaces, and memory controllers.
• Exposure to low-power design and system security is an added advantage.
• Hands-on front-end design of complex multi-clock domain blocks.
• Fluency in design and verification languages such as VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like TCL, shell script, Perl, Python.
• Experience with Spyglass for lint and CDC checks.
• Experience in synthesis and LEC flow.
• Experience in identifying and implementing complex ECOs in netlists.
• Defining and debugging SDC timing constraints.
• Optimizing the design to meet power, performance, area, and timing requirements.
• Writing readable and synthesizable Verilog RTL.
• Creating well-documented block-level design documentation.
• Participating in post-silicon functional and performance debugging and tuning.
• Self-driven and capable of independent work and decision-making.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Hands-on experience in RTL coding, including IP RTL integration.
• Strong understanding of SOC concepts like clocking, reset, boot, power management flows, low power techniques, and security.
• Expertise with quality checks like CDC, Lint, VCLP, LEC.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with RISC-V, NOC, DMA, bus interfaces such as APB, AHB, AXI, OBI.
• Experience with IPs like PCIe and DDR4/5 is advantageous.
• Experience in packet processing, wireless protocols, and wireless base station protocols (e.g., CPRI, JESD, Uplink/Downlink) is helpful.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

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