Senior System Modeling & Performance Validation Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

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Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Pensando team is seeking a Senior Modeling Engineer to develop high-level, transaction-level, and cycle-accurate models for ASIC/SoC platforms powering AI, data center, and networking solutions.

You'll collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and software teams in a hybrid Santa Clara environment, applying SystemC, C++, and Python scripting to accelerate architecture exploration and software development across hardware/software stacks.

Qualifications

• Strong programming in C++.
• Experience with SystemC modeling and simulation environments.
• Experience developing models for ASIC verification, architecture exploration, or software development acceleration.
• Experience working with ASIC design, architecture, and verification teams.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills with the ability to identify architecture, functionality, and performance issues.
• Experience developing transaction-level, functional, or cycle-accurate models.
• Familiarity with complex SoC architectures and system-level modeling methodologies.
• Experience developing automation and scripting solutions using Python or similar languages.
• Exposure to ARM Fast Models, ISA modeling, virtual platform development, or OMNeT is a plus.
• Experience with networking, data center infrastructure, CPU architecture, or high-performance computing technologies is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate high-level, transaction-level, and cycle-accurate models for complex ASIC and SoC platforms.
• Create models that support architecture exploration, ASIC verification, and software development acceleration.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and software engineering teams to develop reusable validation environments.
• Analyze system behavior, functionality, and performance to identify optimization opportunities.
• Investigate and debug architectural, functional, and performance-related issues across hardware and software stacks.
• Contribute to system-level modeling initiatives using SystemC and related simulation frameworks.
• Develop automation and scripting solutions to improve modeling, simulation, and validation workflows.
• Influence architecture decisions through modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to accelerate development of next-generation AI, networking, and infrastructure technologies.

Skills

C++

SystemC

Modeling & simulation

ASIC/SoC know-how

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

ARM Fast Models

Virtual platforms

OMNeT

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Pensando team is seeking a Senior Modeling Engineer to develop high-level, transaction-level, and cycle-accurate models for ASIC/SoC platforms powering AI, data center, and networking solutions.

You'll collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and software teams in a hybrid Santa Clara environment, applying SystemC, C++, and Python scripting to accelerate architecture exploration and software development across hardware/software stacks.