Pre-Silicon Power Management & Emulation Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD in Austin is seeking a senior engineer to drive validation of silicon designs, implement shift-left initiatives, and coordinate with product leads to advance pre-silicon emulation and SOC validation. You will tackle complex boot flows, debug, and drive cross-functional teamwork across hardware, firmware and software domains.

The role focuses on pre-silicon emulation, debug of boot flows, and strengthening validation coverage to accelerate time-to-market while meeting aggressive schedules.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of microprocessor product development and pre-silicon validation.
• Experience in emulation and shift-left technologies and processes.
• Ability to deliver complex analysis and recommendations to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Improve product time-to-market and hardware/firmware quality.
• Work with pre-silicon tools and concepts (emulation, FPGA, models) across teams.
• Lead shift-left strategies for new products with customers and internal teams.
• Define metrics to track validation improvements and coverage.

Skills

Verilog

C

C++

assembly

TCL/TK

Python

Education

Bachelor, Master, or PhD in Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering

Tools

FPGA

emulation

software models

Job description

AMD in Austin is seeking a senior engineer to drive validation of silicon designs, implement shift-left initiatives, and coordinate with product leads to advance pre-silicon emulation and SOC validation. You will tackle complex boot flows, debug, and drive cross-functional teamwork across hardware, firmware and software domains.

The role focuses on pre-silicon emulation, debug of boot flows, and strengthening validation coverage to accelerate time-to-market while meeting aggressive schedules.