Staff Silicon Design Verification Engineer

AMD; Penang; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

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Job summary

AMD in Penang, Malaysia, is seeking a seasoned Verification Engineer to drive verification of high-speed, low-power digital designs for next-generation processors and SOCs. You will own testbenches, coverage models, and formal verification tasks while coordinating with design and architecture teams.

The role requires strong RTL debugging, system-level verification, and excellent collaboration across global sites to deliver robust, area-efficient solutions.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of ASIC/SoC design flow and verification workflow.
• Proficiency with Verilog, SystemVerilog and UVM.
• Experience with high-speed, low-power digital designs and RTL testbench development.

Responsibilities

• Define verification requirements for high-speed digital designs from concept to sign-off.
• Develop and maintain testbenches, monitors, and BFMs using UVM methodology.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure correct architecture and verification coverage.

Skills

Verilog

SystemVerilog

UVM

Digital design

RTL debugging

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or CS

Tools

AMBA (AXI/APB/AHB)

BFMs

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.

Whetheryou're redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing 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.

THE ROLE:

Push Boundaries, Deliver Innovation and Change the World! In this role you will be given an opportunity to work on the next generation technology that will be part of future AMD Microprocessors powering Gaming Consoles, Servers and Personal Computers as well as Graphics Cards and VR sets. This team also is responsible for the Design and Verification of several critical as well as the integration to other subsystems and SOC. The Design and Design Verification groups within this team are also responsible for developing a balanced architecture between power consumption and performance, delivering high complexity RTL code and creating advanced testbenches using cutting edge verification techniques.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with design team to understand and define verification requirements for high-speed, low power digital circuit designs from definition to implementation. Own or be involved in all aspects of the functional verification from initial test planning, test creation and debug. to coverage and sign-off closure, while providing technical leadership to the team.
• Own verification of high speed, low power digital designs at IP and System level using both coverage driven constraint random and directed testing techniques as well as formal verification. Implement test benches and components such as test and sequence libraries, monitors, models and BFMs by applying objected oriented programming verification techniques following UVM methodology.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Advanced knowledge of ASIC/SOC Design flow and state of the art verification flow
• Proficient with Verilog, System Verilog and UVM.
• Familiarity with AI tools for verification is a plus.
• Familiarity with power aware simulation and firmware/hardware co-verification is a plus
• Familiarity with industry standard interconnects such as AMBA (AXI, APB, AHB) is a plus
• Familiarity with industry protocols such as ACPI, GPIO, CLK, UART/DMA, SPI/eSPI, I2C/I3C is a plus
• Familiarity with industry standard high-speed protocols such as memory protocols, USB and PCIE is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with pronounced attention to detail.
• Capable of independently driving tasks and activities to completion in an organized and timely manner with excellent quality.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with relevant industry experience in the field.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

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