CPU Emulation Design Verification Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Santa Clara, CA (Job ID 37321-en-us)

Description

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THE ROLE:

In this position, you will perform Functional Verification of next generation high performance Microprocessor designs – with a focus on leveraging Emulation environments.

THE PERSON:

We are searching for candidates who love technical challenges and are natural problem solvers. Detail oriented people who seek continuous improvement and thrive in an innovative environment are encouraged to apply.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and run tools, infrastructure, processes and flows to enable functional verification in the emulation environment
• Develop emulation testbench components to stimulate and monitor the Device-Under-Test
• Maintain and improve emulation infrastructure and methodology.
• Develop and execute on verification test plans in emulation environments
• Develop, simulate and debug directed and random stimulus to find bugs in the microprocessor design and verify the functionality and verify conformance to the ISA and other specifications
• Work with RTL designers to resolve failures and discrepancies
• When presented with Silicon issues, replicate in the emulation environment, and provide debug expertise to root cause the issue and ensure complete validation
• Contribute towards and drive as needed pre-silicon and/or post-silicon verification of complex architectural and microarchitectural features
• Document test plans and testbench component plans and drive reviews with peers and partners

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

We are looking for design verification experience with a background in Emulation. Other skills include: 

• Hardware Verification methodology and techniques such as emulation, assertions simulation, debug, coverage
• Emulator experience (e.g. Palladium, Veloce, ZeBu, HAPS)
• Debug tools or waveform viewers.
• Hands-on work in Verilog or System Verilog programming for either hardware modeling or testbench development or projects of similar scope and complexity
• Experience with industry standard verification testbench and IP methodology
• Scripting languages (e.g. Perl or Python or Ruby)
• CPU/GPU architecture knowledge is a plus
• Assembly language programming and Instruction Set Architecture knowledge is a plus

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• MSEE, MSCE or related degree plus relevant years of experience

LOCATION:

Santa Clara, CA

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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