ChipScope System Design Engineer Job Listing at AMD in San Jose, CA (Job ID 36049-en-us)

Description

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THE ROLE:  

The ChipScope team has an exciting opportunity for a creative and talented systems design engineer. We are a collaborative team that enjoys learning from each other as we create tools for AMD-Xilinx devices. Our passion is developing creative, robust tools that help our customers find and solve some of the toughest Adaptive SoC, MPSoC and FPGA design issues. Our team collectively works with our support and operations teams to develop one of the most widely used hardware and software debug tools for AMD-Xilinx devices.

THE PERSON:  

In this experienced Design Engineer position, you will be working with other developers, team leads, and managers to help explore, develop, build, test, and support existing and new products. Utilizing your creativity and systems design engineering expertise, you will help expand, optimize, and maintain the ChipScope team's debug products and solutions. You will also lead investigations into new technologies that will benefit the overall solution quality and development productivity of the ChipScope team. Lastly, you will have the opportunity to interact with diverse teams, from silicon to software teams to board manufacturing teams. Every day you will have opportunities to learn something new about advanced AMD products and what it takes to develop quality production tools. Finally, in this position, you will be working alongside a team that is motivated and ready to help you grow and succeed in your career.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Research and develop solutions for various Adaptive SoC and FPGA related debug design solutions and products
• Develop prototypes and proof of concept designs for solution proposals running on ACAP or FPGA hardware
• Proactively identify and deliver solutions that reduce development and support costs
• Develop, enhance, and maintain existing system integration infrastructure used by the related debug products
• Working with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time
• Investigate and support open-source software packages used by debug products and infrastructure
• Collaborate with the project team members to troubleshoot and solve product issues
• Working closely with supporting technical teams, especially high-speed I/O and various hard block design groups
• Engaging in other software/hardware modeling frameworks
• Leading collaborative approach with multiple teams
• Document and present testing results and training modules

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:  

• Programming/scripting skills (e.g. C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python)
• Experience with embedded and FPGA development tools, including in-system debug
• Experience using hardware devices and related software (such as Xilinx FPGA/ACAP/SoC)
• Debug techniques and methodologies
• Proficiency designing with Gigabit Transceivers as well as PCIe and Ethernet protocol interfaces
• Extensive experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization
• Experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details
• Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal), including ability to write clear and concise technical design documents and regular audio/video
• Experience using and creating Docker environments
• Experience using and contributing to GitHub repositories
• Comfortable with remote work using both Linux and Windows environments
• Experience with embedded Linux Kernel development, customization and debugging
• Ability to work in a global team in a diverse/multiple stakeholder environment

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electrical or computer engineering

LOCATION:

San Jose, CA  OR Longmont, CO 

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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.

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