CReST Diagnostics Engineer Contract Job Listing at AMD in Markham, ON (Job ID 68580-en-us)

Description

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. 

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THE ROLE:

Be part of the world's leading graphics accelerator team developing test applications for the functional and behavior verification of state-of-the-art technology. We have a dynamic, high-energy work environment, filled with expert and diverse employees, and unique opportunities for developing your career. This role is responsible for designing and implementing test plans, as well as analyzing and debugging the results.

THE PERSON:
The ideal candidate should have related experience in the diagnostic or verification environments with emphasis on ASIC functional and/or system-level testing.You will be responsible for planning, designing, writing, debugging and optimizing functional and stress tests for an Audio Hardware IP. The HW IP is used for audio as a decode flow processor. It also contains a digital signal processing engine within the IP to accelerate the data transfer. Additionally, you are able to work with hardware architects and logic designers to solve functional issues, and customer support engineers to help resolve testing deficiencies.You should be an enthusiastic self-starter, proactive, able to share ideas, and able to provide design verification leadership.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and develop software tool for multimedia IP features bring-up and verification on both pre-silicon environment (FPGA, C-Model, Palladium etc.) and post-silicon system (silicon and platform)
• Identify and resolve IP, SoC, board and firmware issues; Provide support to external customers and internal engineering teams using this tool for chip screening, validation, profiling, etc.
• Forward thinker to improve development process and drive innovation

PREFERRED SKILLS: 

• Proven industry experience on driver, validation tool or embedded SW development and closely interact with HW designers and FW development team.
• Strong mix of large-scale software development ability and hardware understanding.
• Hands-on experience with any of SoC/board bring up, video post-processing/dec/enc is preferred.
• Proficient in C & Modern C++ programming
• Familiar with source controls systems like Git and Perforce.
• Familiar with Linux, knowledge and experience of device driver or firmware development is required.
• Familiar with video post-processing and enhancement algorithms, scaling, color space conversion, gamut remap, tone mapping, alpha blending, HDR
• Strong debugging and testing skills
• Strong communication skills

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS or MS in EE or CS or equivalent

LOCATION:

 Markham, ON

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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.