Interconnect Micro-architect/RTL Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in Austin, TX, is seeking an experienced RTL design engineer to work on next-generation connectivity solutions for CPUs, GPUs, and accelerators. Candidates should have strong skills in Verilog and digital design, with a focus on performance optimization and quality assurance. The role is collaborative and requires excellent communication skills. This position offers a dynamic environment where innovation drives success. Competitive benefits and a culture of excellence are part of what makes this opportunity attractive.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing logic blocks in CPU, GPU, NOC, or cache designs.
• Excellent knowledge of Verilog and System Verilog.
• Strong understanding of digital electronics and high-speed designs (>1GHz).

Responsibilities

• Perform architectural/performance exploration through micro architectural definition.
• Optimize design to meet power, performance, area, and timing requirements.
• Write easily readable and synthesizable Verilog RTL.
• Run unit level testing to deliver quality code.
• Create assertions to improve coverage.
• Create well-written block level design documentation.

Skills

RTL design

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

BS, MS, or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer engineering

Tools

Verilog

System Verilog

C

C++

Perl

Python

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming, and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.

Together, we advance your career.

The Role

As a member of the Infinity Fabric Architecture and RTL team, you will help build the next generation coherent interconnect to provide connectivity between CPU, GPU and special purpose accelerators. Every product that AMD sells has its own custom-designed Infinity Data Fabric, so this role gives an engineer the opportunity to work on a broad array of products that address a variety of markets, including traditional servers, high performance computing, client desktop and laptop PCs, machine intelligence, graphics, console gaming, embedded, and customer-specific applications. It is a challenging position that involves working at a fast pace of innovation on the cutting edge of technology. Come join the AMD team!

The Person

You are an experienced RTL design engineer with strong communication skills. You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design as well as verification/design quality. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills, strong analytical & problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems. You have a global mindset and ability to work in a multi-site environment are keys to being successful in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Early architectural/performance exploration through micro architectural definition and design.
• Optimize the design to meet power, performance, area and timing requirements.
• Write easily readable and synthesizable Verilog RTL.
• Run some unit level testing to deliver quality code to the Design Verification Team.
• Create assertions to improve coverage and cover points to analyze coverage of the design.
• Create well written block level design documentation.
• Participate in post silicon functional and performance debug and tuning.

Preferred Experience

• Proven experience designing logic blocks in CPU, GPU, NOC, or cache designs.
• Excellent knowledge of Verilog and System Verilog
• Working knowledge of C, C++ and a scripting language like Perl or Python
• Strong understanding of digital electronics and high-speed designs (>1GHz).
• Good understanding of multi-processor coherency, memory ordering, i/o ordering, interrupts, MMU and caches.
• Good debugging and analytical skills
• Exposure to Design for Test, understanding of scan concepts and writing DFT friendly RTL
• Working knowledge of x86 or ARM ISA is a plus.

Academic Credentials

BS, MS, or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer engineering preferred.

Location

Austin, TX

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD's "Responsible AI Policy" is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.