FPGA Prototyping Lead for SoC Innovation

AMD; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking an experienced FPGA prototyping engineer to drive the FPGA prototyping strategy for complex SoCs in San Jose. You will align with Architecture, RTL Design, Verification, Emulation, Software, and Firmware teams to enable early hardware validation and rapid software bring-up.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in FPGA design and SoC prototyping, strong SystemVerilog expertise, and hands-on work with HAPS or Cadence platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of FPGA design, implementation, and SoC prototyping.
• Experience leading FPGA prototyping for large semiconductor programs.
• Strong SystemVerilog/Verilog design and verification skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the FPGA prototyping architecture, methodology roadmap, and platform strategy for complex SoCs.
• Lead 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 technical discussions while partnering with EDA and FPGA tool vendors to drive technology adoption and resolve complex technical challenges.

Skills

FPGA design

SoC prototyping

Leadership

Verilog/SystemVerilog

High-speed interfaces

PCIe/DDR/Ethernet/USB/HBM

AXI/CHI/ACE

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Synopsys HAPS

Cadence Protium

Vivado/Vitis

Board bring-up

HDL verification

Job description

AMD is seeking an experienced FPGA prototyping engineer to drive the FPGA prototyping strategy for complex SoCs in San Jose. You will align with Architecture, RTL Design, Verification, Emulation, Software, and Firmware teams to enable early hardware validation and rapid software bring-up.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in FPGA design and SoC prototyping, strong SystemVerilog expertise, and hands-on work with HAPS or Cadence platforms.