FPGA/Adaptive SoC Engineer for Physical AI & Robotics

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices in San Jose, CA or Austin, TX is seeking an experienced FPGA/Adaptive SoC Applications Design Engineer to help define and develop Physical AI platforms.

You will work at the intersection of hardware, embedded software, and AI acceleration to create reference designs, proof-of-concepts, and customer solutions while collaborating with architecture, silicon, software, and product teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop FPGA and Adaptive SoC solutions for Physical AI applications including robotics, industrial automation, autonomous systems, and intelligent edge devices.
• Create reference architectures, demonstration platforms, and proof-of-concept designs showcasing AMD Adaptive SoC and Ryzen AI Embedded technologies.
• Develop FPGA RTL, AI Engine, HLS, and embedded software components using AMD Vivado, Vitis, and Yocto development environments.
• Integrate high-speed interfaces including PCIe, Ethernet, DisplayPort, MIPI CSI/DSI, USB, CAN, and industrial communications.
• Develop sensor processing pipelines incorporating cameras, radar, LiDAR, IMUs, and other edge sensing technologies.
• Collaborate with AMD architecture, silicon, software, and AI engineering teams to influence future product capabilities and improve customer experience.
• Support board bring-up, silicon validation, hardware debugging, and system performance optimization on next-generation AMD platforms.
• Work closely with strategic customers and ecosystem partners to accelerate deployment of innovative Physical AI solutions.
• Investigate complex hardware and software issues, identify root causes, and deliver robust technical solutions.
• Stay current with emerging trends in AI, robotics, machine vision, embedded computing, FPGA development, and heterogeneous computing architectures.

Skills

Verilog / SystemVerilog / VHDL

C/C++

Embedded Linux / Yocto

PCIe / Ethernet / USB / MIPI

Robotics / Computer Vision exposure

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related

Tools

AMD Vivado

Vitis

AI Engine

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices in San Jose, CA or Austin, TX is seeking an experienced FPGA/Adaptive SoC Applications Design Engineer to help define and develop Physical AI platforms.

You will work at the intersection of hardware, embedded software, and AI acceleration to create reference designs, proof-of-concepts, and customer solutions while collaborating with architecture, silicon, software, and product teams.