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Senior Staff Software Development Engineer, Routing

AMD· Engineering
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San Jose, CA$204k - $306kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Senior software engineer role focused on innovating routing algorithms and FPGA toolchains to improve QoR, compile time, and memory usage for next-generation FPGAs at AMD.

Responsibilities

  • Innovate and develop novel Routing algorithms to get multi-fold performance improvements (QoR, Compile Time, Memory Usage)
  • Be involved in the design, implementation, analysis, and test of FPGA physical implementation tools which include optimization, placement, timing, and routing.
  • Perform research and development of novel algorithms and optimization of existing algorithms to improve quality of results (QOR), runtime, and memory.
  • Conduct research and development of novel placement/routing and optimization techniques for next-generation FPGAs.
  • Evaluate new FPGA architecture features and their impact on existing implementation tools.
  • Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture
  • Design and develop new groundbreaking AMD technologies
  • Debugging/fix existing issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
  • Develop technical relationships with peers and partners

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
  • In-depth knowledge of Data Structure, Graph Theory and Algorithms
  • Solid Programming skills in C++
  • Strong object-oriented programming background
  • Knowledge of training and deploying ML models for EDA applications, Data analysis skills
  • Ability to write high quality code with keen attention to detail
  • Experience with modern concurrent programming and threading APIs
  • Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus
  • Effective communication and problem-solving skills

Skills

Required:Routing algorithmsC++ programmingObject-oriented programmingConcurrency and threadingCommunication
Nice to have:ML for EDASoftware development tools

Benefits

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Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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