Staff FPGA Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Penang; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for a Design Engineer for their FPD design team in Penang, Malaysia. The role involves leading and optimizing Fabric PPC, enabling new capabilities, and collaborating with multiple development teams. Ideal candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering and possess strong communication and problem-solving skills. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence next-generation technology developments in a dynamic and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Possess good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Highly accurate and detail-oriented with technical direction experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute in FPD team supporting Fabric research and development.
• Enable new capabilities in the FPGA fabric to improve PPC.
• Evaluate key new features in the fabric.
• Conduct Design Reviews to reduce product risk.
• Develop yield improvement techniques.

Skills

Good communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Detail-oriented

High performance operations knowledge

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

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.

THE ROLE:

As a design engineer in our FPD design team, you will be responsible for leading and optimizing the Fabric PPC in the Adaptive & Embedded Computing Group (AECG). You will be driving new ideas and capabilities in the programmable fabric in current and future products. You will be leading the evaluation of future architectures by working with Architecture and Manufacturing teams. You will enable test chip designs and provide technical direction for skilled design engineers to help evaluate and realize key IP and technologies. You will be reviewing IP designs for quality, performance, power, and cost. Additionally, you will interact with the various Silicon development teams including digital and analog circuit designers, custom layout designers, physical designers, integration teams, and sign-off teams.

THE PERSON:

A successful candidate will work with senior silicon design engineers, architects, and micro-architects of the fabric team. The candidate will be highly accurate and detail-oriented, possessing good communication and problem-solving skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Execute in FPD team supporting Fabric research and development
• Enable new capabilities in the FPGA fabric to improve PPC
• Evaluate key new features in the fabric with deep understanding of software capabilities
• Design Reviews to reduce product risk, improve PPC and schedule
• Evaluate and develop yield improvement techniques
• Understand product roadmaps and enable new foundry technologies
• Leverage and deploy AMD solutions in the fabric

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Programmable logic fundamentals
• Next generation process and packaging technologies
• Binning and circuit margins, including VID, Aging
• Regulators, SRAM design, LUTs, NOCs, Clocking
• Circuit techniques for high performance and low power operations
• Industrial and automotive FUSA requirements
• Design for Manufacturing and Design for Debug
• Micro-architecture of dense, repeating structures
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

LOCATION

Penang, Malaysia

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.