FPGA Prototyping Lead & Platform Architect

AMD; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking an experienced FPGA prototyping engineer in San Jose, CA to lead the prototyping strategy for SoCs and coordinate across Architecture, RTL, Verification, and Software teams. The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and delivering robust prototype platforms.

Ideal candidates have 12+ years in FPGA prototyping, strong SystemVerilog/Verilog skills, and hands-on experience with HAPS or Protium, Vivado/Vitis, and high‑speed interfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years of FPGA design, implementation, and SoC prototyping experience.
• Experience leading FPGA prototyping efforts for large semiconductor programs.

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 technical discussions while partnering with EDA and FPGA tool vendors to drive technology adoption and resolve complex technical challenges.

Skills

FPGA prototyping

Technical leadership

SystemVerilog

Verilog

SoC architectures

High-speed interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Synopsys HAPS

Cadence Protium

Xilinx Vivado

Xilinx Vitis

Job description

AMD is seeking an experienced FPGA prototyping engineer in San Jose, CA to lead the prototyping strategy for SoCs and coordinate across Architecture, RTL, Verification, and Software teams. The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and delivering robust prototype platforms.

Ideal candidates have 12+ years in FPGA prototyping, strong SystemVerilog/Verilog skills, and hands-on experience with HAPS or Protium, Vivado/Vitis, and high‑speed interfaces.