SMTS Silicon Design Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
Folsom, California, United States
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SMTS SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER
THE ROLE:
We are looking for an adaptive, self-motivative design engineer to join our growing GFX architecture team. As a key contributor, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market. The Architecture team furthers and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.
THE PERSON:
You have a passion for modern, complex GFX architecture and digital design. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Research new architectural features for next generation GFX IP that optimizes Performance-Power-Area (PPA) and transcend product goals
- Develop models in either C++ and/or System Verilog to validate PPA of new architectural features
- Write and deliver architectural specifications to development teams (HW, SW, Firmware, etc).
- Architect new GPU algorithms to improve PPA for rendering and compute workloads
- Analyze game traces from legacy designs to optimize PPA in future architectures
- Provide technical support for Silicon bring-up teams
- Provide micro-architecture level proposals and/or review proposals from other sources for PPA optimization
- Guide HW Design teams in evaluating and improving power efficiency of their implementations
- Work with teams throughout the company (Product and System Architects, RTL, PD, SW, Bring-up) to deliver best in class power solutions
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- 12+ years of relevant work experience focused on computer architecture and power, with a strong understanding of the factors influencing power efficiency at chip, system, and product levels
- Familiarity with System Verilog and modern modeling technologies
- Experience with Computing and Graphics architecture
- Experience in power architecture and design
- Experience in creating power models to evaluate architectural tradeoffs with key workloads
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
- A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth
- Experience with Graphics Shader behavior is a benefit
- Experience with OpenGL/OpenCL/D3D programming is a benefit
- Experience in RTL design and/or verification is a benefit
- Experience in Power tools and technologies is a benefit
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelors in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering with 12+ years of experience or Masters in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of experience or PhD in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 6+ years of experience
- Mastery of principles of logic and circuit design, software and hardware principles and methods relevant to more complex systems and platforms.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
SMTS SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER
THE ROLE:
We are looking for an adaptive, self-motivative design engineer to join our growing GFX architecture team. As a key contributor, you will be part of a leading team to drive and improve AMD's abilities to deliver the highest quality, industry-leading technologies to market. The Architecture team furthers and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.
THE PERSON:
You have a passion for modern, complex GFX architecture and digital design. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Research new architectural features for next generation GFX IP that optimizes Performance-Power-Area (PPA) and transcend product goals
- Develop models in either C++ and/or System Verilog to validate PPA of new architectural features
- Write and deliver architectural specifications to development teams (HW, SW, Firmware, etc).
- Architect new GPU algorithms to improve PPA for rendering and compute workloads
- Analyze game traces from legacy designs to optimize PPA in future architectures
- Provide technical support for Silicon bring-up teams
- Provide micro-architecture level proposals and/or review proposals from other sources for PPA optimization
- Guide HW Design teams in evaluating and improving power efficiency of their implementations
- Work with teams throughout the company (Product and System Architects, RTL, PD, SW, Bring-up) to deliver best in class power solutions
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- 12+ years of relevant work experience focused on computer architecture and power, with a strong understanding of the factors influencing power efficiency at chip, system, and product levels
- Familiarity with System Verilog and modern modeling technologies
- Experience with Computing and Graphics architecture
- Experience in power architecture and design
- Experience in creating power models to evaluate architectural tradeoffs with key workloads
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
- A drive to continuously learn and expand architectural breadth and depth
- Experience with Graphics Shader behavior is a benefit
- Experience with OpenGL/OpenCL/D3D programming is a benefit
- Experience in RTL design and/or verification is a benefit
- Experience in Power tools and technologies is a benefit
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelors in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering with 12+ years of experience or Masters in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of experience or PhD in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 6+ years of experience
- Mastery of principles of logic and circuit design, software and hardware principles and methods relevant to more complex systems and platforms.
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