Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is seeking a Systems Design Engineer in New Jersey to drive scalable, automated validation solutions for next-gen SOCs. You will contribute to product development, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement of validation methodologies.

You will leverage scripting in Python/Perl/Ruby, work with lab equipment, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely feature validation and high-quality silicon bring-up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in electrical or computer engineering is required.
• Experience debugging at board/platform level and optimizing validation strategies.
• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. Perl, Ruby, Python) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical innovation to improve validation across tool and script development.
• Debug issues during bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs.
• Coordinate across teams to ensure features are validated and optimized on schedule.
• Collaborate with supporting technical teams and engage in software/hardware modeling frameworks.

Skills

Board/debug expertise

Scripting automation

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

Logic analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.

Whether you’re redesigning next‑gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Systems Design Engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor to the success of AMD’s product, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry‑leading technologies to market. The Systems Design Engineering team fosters and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

THE PERSON:

As a Systems Design Engineer, you will drive balanced, scalable, and automated solutions. In this high visibility position, your software systems engineering expertise will be necessary towards Product development, definition, and root cause resolution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Driving technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives
• Debugging issues found during the process,, bring‑up, validation, and production phases of SOC program s
• Working with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time
• Working closely with supporting technical teams
• Engaging in other software/hardware modeling framework s

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with board/platform‑level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization
• Experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
• Debug techniques and methodologies
• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. Perl, Ruby, Python)

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.