SOC Silicon Design Engineer

About the role

The Role At AMD, you will be part of the Computing & Graphics (CG) SoC Architecture team. Your responsibilities include developing and designing custom silicon for various platforms such as client, discrete graphics, handheld gaming, gaming consoles, and more. You will work closely with the lead SoC architect to define customer-specific architectures and contribute to product specifications, micro-architecture specifications, performance, and power trade-offs. This role involves working from early concept development through the development phases to final production.

THE PERSON

The Person In this role, you will collaborate with a global network of experts, requiring strong communication and organizational skills. You will approach sophisticated problems methodically, conducting experiments and analysis to formulate recommendations and next steps for other colleagues and design teams. You will also 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
• Proven ability to translate complex technical details into clear, concise, and well-structured documentation
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Perl, TCL, Python) is highly preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor, Master, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Locations

Locations Boxborough, MA. or Austin, TX.

Benefits

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. AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.