MTS Silicon Design Engineer

Job Description

MTS SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER MTS SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER THE ROLE This is a member of technical staff position for AMD s Central Design Verification Tools & Methodology team. On the tools side, the position has software development and enhancements for custom build tool and infrastructure, which will be used for automated construction, integration, and verification of hardware designs. On the design build flow tool, the position will work with customers to create strong build methodology to improve their efficiency. The AMD Verification Methodology and Tools (VMT) team is a world-wide organization delivering verification methodology, automation around design creation, integration and verification, related software and flows for all AMD project teams and product lines. This position in the VMT team is expected to do tool development, provide guidance on VMT methodology to key AMD programs and new teams. In this capacity he or she will also help collaborate with key internal and external stake holders to drive critical technical decisions across sites. THE PERSON A successful candidate in this position is expected to excel in analytical thinking, problem solving, debugging, tool development and have hands-on experience on resolving critical customer issues. He/she needs to be a self-starter who collaborates well with team members and customers alike to successfully drive tasks to completion. The expectation is to grow into technical expertise with internal tools domain, guide AMD project teams in the same area and drive solutions across the board, world-wide in due course of time. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The successful candidate will contribute for technical development in the tools and guide others by providing insights in complex design methodologies in this space. The following is a list of key expectations that the candidate should have: Good knowledge of front-end RTL design construction and verification topics, as well as infrastructure Experience in SoC build, infrastructure tools & debugging related issues Good programming aptitude, understanding of C/C++ (any programming language), object-oriented concepts and data structures Good understanding of multi-threaded programming, synchronization objects (and debugging) Knowledge on one versioning system like git/perforce Knowledge of software development processes Expected to learn and adapt to the needs of organization, have team spirit and guide/mentor/train others PRIOR EXPERIENCE Deep experience with EDA software development, ability to architect solutions to deep problems in front end design construction and verification and implementing infrastructure are a must. Key items of interest are: Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills with experience communicating at executive levels. Managerial and Technical team leadership. Project execution. Customer and partner relations. Leading and guiding the team for success Proposals and strong new initiatives impacting sweeping changes of AMD DV methodology world-wide PREFERRED EXPERIENCE Experience in EDA tool development, scripting and modern software development practices Familiarity with front end design and verification flows in a semiconductor company Strong management experience with DV tools and methodologies team with diverse responsibilities in driving DV methodology and EDA tooling Hands on knowledge and experience with C, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, Javascript, TCL, and other scripting languages, and UI development Familiarity with infrastructure such as LSF, building complex systems, interfacing with cloud computing, web-based solutions and experience with web-based systems and REST APIs. Familiarity with Linux platform and basic shell commands and environment, Makefiles Experience with Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, DV testbenches is a plus Awareness of the latest developments in the industry on Design Verification topics and software development processes Good to know Knowledge in some of the following topics/technologies -- Event/Messaging Services, databases Good to know Knowledge on Docker / Kubernetes / Containerization , Cloud Services, Microservices and DevOps would be beneficial Strong interpersonal and communication skills and needs to be a team player ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer engineering or Computer Science or Equivalent