Sr. Software System Designer

THE ROLE:

We are seeking individuals with a desire to address challenging problems on daily basis. Virtual Bring-Up (VBU) is a premiere central methodology team that strives towards excellence, utilizes novel industry technologies and comes up with innovative ways to address execution challenges.

THE PERSON:

As part of VBU, you will work across AMD's product portfolio to develop and enable methodology and tools to tackle key design cycle challenges for the company by leveragingacceleration, hardware emulation and prototyping technologies. You will have a serious level of opportunity to learn, grow and excel in this role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and deploy FPGA-based prototyping methodologies across AMD business units
• Work with customer teams across AMD's business units to enable recommended methodologies, as well as improve execution and efficiency
• Drive standardization and automation across business units and technology platforms
• Responsibilities will include support and development as needed of FPGA prototyping build and regression infrastructure and continuous integration methodologies

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Computer Hardware design, development or verification background
• Experience with RTL design simulation and verification
• FPGA prototyping or relevant emulation platform experience
• Good understanding of computer architecture and FPGA synthesis
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Tcl, Perl, shell scripting, makefiles)
• Working knowledge of board design and debug
• Strong problem solving skills and methodical work practices
• BIOS firmware and low-level software debug experience is desirable
• Knowledge of physical interfaces such as PCIe, DDR/LPDDR/GDDR memory, USB, ethernet, I2C/SPI and JTAG is desirable
• Virtual Motherboard/Platform experience is a big plus

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor's orMaster'sdegree in Computer or Electrical Engineeringor equivalent