Fellow Verification Architect: Pre-Silicon & Performance

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) seeks a Fellow-level Functional and Performance Verification Architect in San Jose, CA. You will shape next‑generation verification architectures across IP, subsystems, and SoCs, leveraging ML/AI‑assisted techniques and leading EDA tools.

You will mentor engineers, influence architectural and design decisions, and collaborate with executives to drive First‑Time‑Right verification and silicon readiness for AMD's advanced products.

Qualifications

• Expert in programming and scripting languages (C/C++, Python, Perl, Ruby) and HDL/Verilog with UVM-based verification.
• Deep background in architecting verification methodologies, frameworks, and environments for complex designs.
• Hands-on experience with pre-silicon prototyping and emulation platforms and their application to functional and performance verification.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead verification strategies for IP, subsystem, and SoC programs within AECG and AMD.
• Evolve simulation-based verification including constrained-random, directed, and coverage-driven approaches, plus formal, power, and performance methods.
• Drive firmware-based validation strategies across prototyping and emulation platforms to accelerate silicon readiness.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, and verification leaders to tackle emerging verification challenges and scale methodologies.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Verilog/UVM

Scripting

Leadership

Education

BS/MS/PhD in EE/CE/CS

Tools

Synopsys

Cadence

Siemens

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) seeks a Fellow-level Functional and Performance Verification Architect in San Jose, CA. You will shape next‑generation verification architectures across IP, subsystems, and SoCs, leveraging ML/AI‑assisted techniques and leading EDA tools.

You will mentor engineers, influence architectural and design decisions, and collaborate with executives to drive First‑Time‑Right verification and silicon readiness for AMD's advanced products.