FPGA Prototyping Lead — Drive SoC Validation & Architecture

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in San Jose, CA seeks a highly experienced FPGA prototyping engineer to own the prototyping architecture for complex SoCs. You will lead FPGA prototype platforms, drive RTL adaptation, verification, and system‑level debugging, and mentor a team across multiple engineering disciplines.

Ideal candidates have 12+ years in FPGA design and leadership, with hands‑on experience in multi‑FPGA partitioning and high‑speed interfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of FPGA design, implementation, and SoC prototyping experience is preferred.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the FPGA prototyping architecture, methodology roadmap, and platform strategy for complex SoCs, including partitioning, interconnects, clocking, debug infrastructure, and high‑speed interfaces.
• Lead the development and deployment of FPGA prototype platforms, including RTL adaptation, implementation flows, verification infrastructure, regression environments, and system‑level debug capabilities.
• Drive collaboration across Architecture, RTL Design, Verification, Emulation, Software, and Firmware teams to enable early hardware validation, software bring‑up, and functional coverage goals.
• Provide technical leadership for FPGA prototyping engineers through mentoring, design reviews, best‑practice development, project planning, and execution of key program milestones.
• Establish engineering processes, implementation methodologies, documentation standards, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.
• Represent the FPGA prototyping organization in architecture reviews, program reviews, and customer‑facing discussions while partnering with EDA and FPGA tool vendors.

Skills

FPGA design

SoC prototyping

Team leadership

SystemVerilog

Verilog

Multi-FPGA partitioning

High-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR, USB,

HBM

Vivado/Vitis

HAPS/Cadence Protium

Clocking & timing closure

NoC/interconnects

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering

Tools

Synopsys HAPS

Cadence Protium

Xilinx Vivado/Vitis

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in San Jose, CA seeks a highly experienced FPGA prototyping engineer to own the prototyping architecture for complex SoCs. You will lead FPGA prototype platforms, drive RTL adaptation, verification, and system‑level debugging, and mentor a team across multiple engineering disciplines.

Ideal candidates have 12+ years in FPGA design and leadership, with hands‑on experience in multi‑FPGA partitioning and high‑speed interfaces.