MTS Silicon Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in Austin, TX seeks a talented MTS Silicon Design Engineer to collaborate with architects, hardware and firmware teams to verify features and drive test plans end-to-end.

You will estimate test effort, implement RTL features across the product lifecycle of AMD Instinct, debug failures with RTL/firmware engineers, and help optimize test environments to reduce costs while improving silicon yield.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or a closely related engineering role.
• Alternate: Bachelor's degree plus five (5) years progressive experience in the field.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architects, hardware and firmware engineers to understand features to be verified.
• Build test plan documentation considering interactions with hardware, firmware and software driver use cases.
• Estimate time to write new feature tests and necessary test environment changes.
• Debug test failures with RTL and firmware teams to resolve defects and issues.
• Plan and implement RTL features for the product lifecycle of AMD Instinct products, improve yield and reduce costs.

Skills

IP level ASIC verification

Debugging firmware and RTL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

C

C++

Automation in distributed compute

Scripting (Perl, Ruby, Makefile, shell

Siemens Tessent

MBIST with Siemens or Synopsys SMS

ATPG/iJTAG/clock topology

Education

Master's degree in Electronics Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Siemens Tessent tools

Synopsys/VCS or similar simulation tools

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we're looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don't shy away from humanity's challenges but are determined to help solve them.

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you're designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger -- technology that moves the world forward.

Job Role and Responsibility:

AMD, Inc., is hiring MTS Silicon Design Engineer to Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and firmware engineers to understand the new features to be verified. Build test plan documentation, accounting for interactions with other features, the hardware, the firmware, and the software driver use cases. Estimate the time required to write the new feature tests and any required changes to the test environment. Debug test failures to determine the root cause; work with RTL and firmware engineers to resolve design defects and correct any test issues. Plan and implement RTL features for the product lifecycle of AMD Instinct products, reduce overall test and debug costs and increase overall yield of silicon.

Travel required

NO

Qualifications: Degree required

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.

Qualifications: Amount and type of experience required

Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or a closely related engineering role.

Alternate combination of education and experience:

Employer will alternatively accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field. and five (5) years of progressive post baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a closely related engineering role.

Specific skills required: The following skills are required:

Position requires Three (3) years of experience in the following:

• IP level ASIC verification;
• Debugging firmware and RTL code using simulation tools;
• Verilog, System Verilog, C, and C++;
• Automating workflows in a distributed compute environment;
• Scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby, Makefile, or shell;
• Siemens Tessent tool experience for scan insertion and iJTAG;
• MBIST with Siemens or Synopsys SMS; and
• Scan insertion, ATPG, iJTAG, clock distribution, voltage, and power aware topology planning.

Preferred Skills: N/A

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.