SOC Silicon Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Boxborough (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Boxborough, MA is seeking a member for their SoC Architecture team to develop custom silicon for various platforms. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of SoC construction, excellent problem-solving and communication skills, and experience with scripting languages. You will support pathfinding activities, analyze design trade-offs, and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure alignment. This role champions innovation with diverse global collaboration and promises exciting challenges in shaping the future of technology.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of SoC construction including fabric connectivity and memory systems.
• Proficiency in scripting languages is highly preferred.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support pathfinding activities to define next-generation architecture.
• Analyze design tradeoffs in terms of performance and power.
• Collaborate with architecture leads to translate requirements into specifications.

Skills

SoC construction understanding

Scripting skills

Data analysis

VLSI design flow experience

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA tools

Scripting languages (Perl, TCL, Python)

Job description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next‑generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

THE ROLE:

As a member of the Computing & Graphics (CG) SoC Architecture team, you will develop and design custom silicon for client, discrete graphics, handheld gaming, gaming consoles, and related platforms. In this role, you will work with the lead SoC architect to define customer‑specific architectures and contribute to product specifications, micro‑architecture specifications, performance, and power trade‑offs. The role will work from early concept development through the development phases to final production.

THE PERSON:

In this role, you will collaborate with a network of expert architects and designers around the world where collaboration and communication skills are critical to the success of this role, and excellent organization skills are essential. You will approach sophisticated problems with a firm methodology and problem‑solving technique and conduct experiments and analysis to formulate recommendations and next steps for other colleagues and SOC and IP design teams located in across multiple time zones and geographies. You will formally present your findings to co‑workers, teams, and customer engineering teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support pathfinding activities to influence and define next‑generation architecture
• Analyze design tradeoffs in terms of performance, power and area impact
• Analyze and compile competitive analysis data
• Collaborate with architecture leads to translate product requirements into detailed specifications
• Work with AMD’s Engineering teams and IP teams to ensure architectural alignment of features and clean interoperability and integration
• Develop and maintain comprehensive end‑to‑end process documentation to ensure cross‑team alignment and clarity for execution

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Solid understanding of SoC construction including fabric connectivity, memory systems, power delivery, clock distribution, floor planning, and packaging
• Skills in scripting, data analysis, experience with EDA tools, VLSI design flow and CMOS technology
• Strong problem‑solving, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to work in a dynamic and diverse environment
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to approach novel problems from multiple perspectives and at varying levels of abstraction
• Ability to analyze and understand sophisticated workflows and processes, and develop innovative ways in streamlining and automating
• Proven ability to translate complex technical details into clear, concise, and well‑structured documentation
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Perl, TCL, Python) is highly preferred

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee‑based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third‑party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.