Senior CPU Core RTL Design Engineer for High-Perf Cores

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc; Boxborough (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is seeking a CPU Core RTL Design Engineer to design and optimize next-generation processor cores within AMD’s central core RTL team.

You will work with architecture, verification, and physical design to deliver high-performance, power-efficient cores across client, server, and AI platforms. The role emphasizes collaboration, timing closure, and debug of pre- and post-silicon issues, with broad opportunities to influence cutting-edge processor technology and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design RTL for CPU core pipeline components and related logic.
• Contribute to microarchitecture definition for next-generation processor cores.
• Collaborate with architecture, verification, and performance teams to deliver optimized designs.
• Analyze and improve performance, power, and timing characteristics.
• Support design verification, synthesis, timing closure, and physical design efforts.
• Debug and resolve pre-silicon and post-silicon issues.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align on design trade-offs.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL

CPU architecture

Team collaboration

Python/Tcl scripting

Power optimization

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Synopsys Design Compiler

VCS/Verdi

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is seeking a CPU Core RTL Design Engineer to design and optimize next-generation processor cores within AMD’s central core RTL team.

You will work with architecture, verification, and physical design to deliver high-performance, power-efficient cores across client, server, and AI platforms. The role emphasizes collaboration, timing closure, and debug of pre- and post-silicon issues, with broad opportunities to influence cutting-edge processor technology and