Principal CPU Core Architect & RTL Engineer

AMD; Town of Fishkill (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD Fishkill, NY is seeking a Principal Member of Technical Staff for CPU Core Architecture/RTL Engineering. You will craft functional units for next-gen cores within a collaborative team, shaping AMD’s ambitious processor roadmap and advancing high-performance design.

Your role combines critical thinking with creativity, mentoring peers, and pushing architecture across verification, timing, and power domains to deliver cutting-edge CPUs.

Qualifications

• Verilog RTL development experience with industry tools in CPU/SOC/ASIC contexts.
• Expertise in processor architecture and logic design; RTL coding for high-speed cores.
• Experience from design to tapeout and post-silicon debug.

Responsibilities

• Execute RTL design and coding for sections of the processor core pipeline and related logic.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to define the high-level architecture.
• Define microarchitecture for next-generation high-performance processor cores.
• Contribute to design verification, synthesis, power reduction, timing convergence, and floorplanning.
• Lead designer teams, supervise juniors, and drive methodology improvements.

Skills

Verilog RTL development

CPU architecture

Microarchitecture development

Scripting (Perl, Shell, Tcl)

Debugging

Power management

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in EE/CE/CS

Tools

Synthesis tools

Place & Route

Static Timing Analysis

Power analysis

Job description

AMD Fishkill, NY is seeking a Principal Member of Technical Staff for CPU Core Architecture/RTL Engineering. You will craft functional units for next-gen cores within a collaborative team, shaping AMD’s ambitious processor roadmap and advancing high-performance design.

Your role combines critical thinking with creativity, mentoring peers, and pushing architecture across verification, timing, and power domains to deliver cutting-edge CPUs.