CPU Core RTL Design Engineer - Shape Next-Gen Cores

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is seeking a CPU Core RTL Design Engineer in Austin to design and optimize high-performance processor cores across client, server, and AI platforms.

You will collaborate with architecture, verification, performance, and physical design teams to deliver scalable RTL solutions, impact power efficiency, and drive timing closure in cutting-edge CPU technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with RTL development for CPU/SoC/ASIC cores.
• Strong understanding of modern CPU microarchitecture.
• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog and testbenching.
• Knowledge of power and timing trade-offs in high-performance designs.

Responsibilities

• Design RTL for CPU core pipeline components and related logic.
• Contribute to microarchitecture definitions for next-gen cores.
• Collaborate with architecture, verification, and performance teams to optimize designs.
• Analyze and improve performance, power, and timing characteristics.
• Support verification, synthesis, timing closure, and physical design efforts.
• Debug pre-silicon and post-silicon issues.
• Work with cross-functional teams to balance design trade-offs.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

CPU architecture

Power optimization

Timing closure

Python scripting

DFT tooling

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Synthesis

Place-and-route

Timing analysis tools

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is seeking a CPU Core RTL Design Engineer in Austin to design and optimize high-performance processor cores across client, server, and AI platforms.

You will collaborate with architecture, verification, performance, and physical design teams to deliver scalable RTL solutions, impact power efficiency, and drive timing closure in cutting-edge CPU technologies.