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Silicon Design Engineer

AMD· Engineering
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Vancouver, BCCA$91.2k - CA$136.8kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Join AMD's Emulation and Prototyping team to contribute to the development of next-generation SoCs, focusing on pre-silicon validation and emulation methodologies, infrastructure, validation environments, and workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain scalable emulation testbenches, validation infrastructure, and reusable automation frameworks.
  • Support bring-up, debug, and validation activities on emulation and prototyping platforms.
  • Collaborate with architecture, design, firmware, software, and verification teams to plan and execute pre-silicon validation.
  • Create automation and test content using Python and other scripting languages.
  • Develop and debug embedded firmware, boot code, and validation applications used for feature enablement and hardware/software co-validation.
  • Analyze functional failures, drive root-cause debug, and contribute to new emulation and prototyping methodologies.
  • Validate next-generation features, protocols, and interfaces while leveraging AI-powered tools to enhance engineering productivity.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Experience with C/C++, Python, TCL, and/or SystemVerilog.
  • Understanding of digital logic design, computer architecture fundamentals, and Linux-based development environments.
  • Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Exposure to ASIC design, design verification, FPGA development, emulation, or related hardware development projects through coursework, research, or internships.
  • Familiarity with industry-standard interfaces and protocols such as PCIe, CXL, DDR, AXI, or other AMBA protocols.
  • Experience with firmware or embedded software development is a plus.

Skills

Required:Electrical Engineering / Computer EngineeringC/C++PythonLinux
Nice to have:SystemVerilog / TCL

Benefits

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