SoC Design Verification Engineer

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At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them.

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

THE ROLE: 

We are looking for an adaptive, self-motivated design verification engineer to join our growing team. As a key contributor, you will be part of a SOC team to drive and improve AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market. The Verification Engineering team furthers and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development. 

THE PERSON: 

You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/time zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Develop/Maintain tests for functional verification and performance verification at the core and SOC level 

• Build testbench components to support the next generation IP 
• Maintain or improve current test libraries to support IP level testing 
• Responsible for closing verification quality metrics like pass rates, code coverage and functional coverage 
• Provide technical support to other teams 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Good understanding of SOC architecture, computer architecture, especially CPU/DSP processors.
• Strong coding skills in Verilog/System Verilog, UVM, C/C++, Scripting languages such as Perl/Python.
• Strong analytical problem solving skills, attention to detail 
• Good understanding in design flow, verification methodology and general computational logic design/verification concepts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, self-motivated
• Prior experience to industry standard protocols such as AXI, AHB, PCIE, DDR etc. will be an advantage

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering 

LOCATION: San Jose, CA 

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This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described:  AMD benefits at a glance.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.