Chip Lead: End-to-End SoC Architect & Leader

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is seeking a Chip Lead to broaden their technical impact across the full chip development lifecycle.

You will partner with chip leads and cross-functional engineering teams, bringing deep expertise in architecture, design, validation, and production. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, works across boundaries, and can influence technical decisions across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field required.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to chip development from architecture through production.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple phases of the silicon development lifecycle.
• Drive technical decisions and resolve complex engineering challenges.
• Partner with chip leads and program managers on execution, planning, dependencies, and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate across architecture, RTL, verification, physical design, validation, software, packaging, and manufacturing teams.

Skills

Chip leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Strong communication

Ambiguity navigation

Mentoring or leadership experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, CS, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Verilog/SystemVerilog

VHDL

EDA tools

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is seeking a Chip Lead to broaden their technical impact across the full chip development lifecycle.

You will partner with chip leads and cross-functional engineering teams, bringing deep expertise in architecture, design, validation, and production. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, works across boundaries, and can influence technical decisions across teams.