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Silicon Design Engineer - Core Debug

AMD· Engineering
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Iasi, RomaniaFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Early-career Core Debug Engineer role within AMD’s silicon design team, focused on pre-silicon verification and debugging of high-performance microprocessors, with growth toward independent verification convergence and collaboration with RTL designers.

Responsibilities

  • Perform pre-silicon verification of next-generation, high-performance microprocessor designs and related IPs.
  • Apply digital design theory to research, model, and verify complex hardware/RTL components.
  • Debug directed and random stimulus to identify bugs in the microprocessor design, ensuring functionality and strict conformance to architectural specifications.
  • Within the first 3 months: Successfully onboard and integrate with the verification team, familiarize yourself with AMD's design verification environment, tools, and workflows, and begin debugging basic directed tests.
  • Within the first 6 months: Take ownership of specific verification tasks, debug random stimulus to find bugs in the microprocessor design, and contribute to testbench development and automation scripts.
  • Within the first year and beyond: Independently drive verification convergence for specific IP blocks, collaborate closely with RTL designers to resolve complex logic bugs, and consistently reach milestone metrics with high-quality contributions.

Qualifications

  • Solid foundational knowledge of modern computer architecture, including processor pipelines and memory hierarchies.
  • Hands-on academic, project-level, or internship experience with logic design and Hardware Description Languages (Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL).
  • C/C++ programming skills for software or hardware modeling or testbench development.
  • Familiarity with hardware verification methodologies and techniques (e.g., simulation, debug, coverage, formal verification).
  • Familiarity with industry-standard EDA simulation and functional verification tools (e.g., Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens/Mentor Graphics Questa, ModelSim, or Vivado).
  • Knowledge of Unix/Linux environments.
  • Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Ruby, or Bash to automate workflows.
  • Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly.

Skills

Required:Processor architecturesVerilog / SystemVerilog / VHDLC / C++Hardware verification methodologiesUnix/Linux
Nice to have:EDA toolsScripting (Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash)

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