Emulation Verification Engineer

AMD; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD in Austin, TX is seeking an adaptive design verification engineer to join our team. You will contribute to high-quality, industry-leading processor verification on emulators and hardware platforms.

Collaborate across firmware/RTL, DV, and system architects to plan, implement, and debug tests, develop C++ test benches, and improve core emulation infrastructure. The role emphasizes problem solving, communication, and readiness to tackle complex challenges in a fast-paced, globally distributed

Qualifications

• Experience with FPGA or emulation platforms (ZeBu, HAPS, Veloce).
• Strong experience with Verilog, SystemVerilog, C, and C++.
• Experience debugging with waveform viewers, log files, and microcode trace dumps.

Responsibilities

• Drive AMD Core’s Shift-Left strategies.
• Plan, create, execute, and debug core on emulators with multiple stakeholders.

Skills

FPGA

Emulation platforms

Verilog

SystemVerilog

C

C++

Linux

Windows

UVM

Education

Bachelors or Masters in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

Tools

ZeBu

HAPS

Veloce

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology 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 AMDis shapingthefuture.

Whetheryou’redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

We are looking for an adaptive, self-motivative design verification 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 Verification/Emulation Engineering team furthers and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

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:

• Come join the team responsible for driving AMD Core’s Shift-Left strategies
• Interact with multiple stakeholders (firmware/BIOS, RTL designers, DV, system architects) to plan, create, execute, and debug core on emulators
• Defining and implementing test plans including stimulus, checking and functional coverage plans
• Developing test benches and test bench components in C++
• Responsible for writing monitors and checkers to support end-to-end core emulation infrastructure
• Debugging regression fails and fixing verification issues or working with designers to fix design bugs
• Assist with silicon observations often requiring replication of behaviors in simulation to root cause
• Responsible for running emulator workloads to test all new features
• Create hardware emulation build to verify the IP functional performance
• Maintain and improve current hardware emulation environment to speed up the runtime performance and improve the debug facility
• Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and firmware engineers to understand the new features to be verified
• Debug test failures to determine the root cause; work with RTL and firmware engineers to resolve design defects and correct any test issues

• Provide technical support to other teams

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experienced with FPGA and/or emulation platforms (ZeBu, HAPs, Veloce)
• Experienced with Verilog, System Verilog, C, and C++
• Experienced debugging failures using waveform viewers, log files, and microcode trace dumps
• Strong background in the C++ language, preferably on Linux with exposure to Windows platform
• Automating workflows in a distributed compute environment
• Knowledge of UEFI, core-boot, Linux, Windows Operating Systems
• Knowledge of x86 and/or ARM SoC Architecture
• Coding in x86 Assembly language
• Proficient in debugging firmware and RTL code using simulation tools

• Proficient in using UVM testbenches and working in Linux and Windows environments

• Scripting language experience: Perl, Python, Makefile, shell preferred

• Exposure to leadership or mentorship is an asset

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.