FPGA & Adaptive SoC Engineer for Physical AI Robotics

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

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the United States seeks an experienced FPGA/Adaptive SoC Applications Design Engineer to define and develop Physical AI platforms built on AMD Adaptive SoCs, Ryzen AI embedded processors, and AMD FPGA technologies.

You will work at the intersection of hardware, embedded software, and AI acceleration to create reference designs, proofs-of-concept, and customer solutions for intelligent robotics, industrial automation, autonomous systems, and edge AI applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience with FPGA, HDL, and AMD Vivado/Vitis environments.
• Strong collaboration across hardware and software teams and customer-facing communication.

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

FPGA development

Embedded C/C++

Embedded Linux

Hardware/software co-design

System integration

Debugging hardware

Git/CI familiarity

Education

Bachelor's in EE/CE/CS

Master's in EE/CE/CS

Tools

Vivado

Vitis

Vitis HLS

Yocto

AI Engine

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in the United States seeks an experienced FPGA/Adaptive SoC Applications Design Engineer to define and develop Physical AI platforms built on AMD Adaptive SoCs, Ryzen AI embedded processors, and AMD FPGA technologies.

You will work at the intersection of hardware, embedded software, and AI acceleration to create reference designs, proofs-of-concept, and customer solutions for intelligent robotics, industrial automation, autonomous systems, and edge AI applications.