CPU Core Power Management RTL Design Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Austin, TX (Job ID 40595-en-us)

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CPU Core Power Management RTL Design Engineer

THE ROLE:

As a CPU Core Power Management RTL Engineer, you will have a unique opportunity to craft a functional unit in AMD's next-generation core. You will work in the center of an experienced, skilled, and motivated engineering team with a track record of success. As a member of the CPU Core RTL team, you will work on the leading edge of processor technology and collaborate with the Performance Modeling, Design Verification, Physical Design, and Post-Silicon Teams to make AMD's ambitious future CPU roadmap a reality.

THE PERSON:

You approach challenges relentlessly with both critical thinking and creativity. You work as part of a team with strong communication and collaboration skills. You have a solid understanding of modern CPU architecture and power management techniques and have ideas and/or drive to make it even better. Does this describe you? If so, then join us!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Execute on RTL design and coding for various sections of the processor core power management, clocking, reset and related logic.
• Collaborate with a team of hardware and software engineers to define the high-level architecture.
• Participate in the definition of microarchitecture of next-generation high-performance processor cores.
• Contribute to design verification, performance verification, synthesis, power reduction, timing convergence, and floorplan efforts.
• Contribute to silicon debug and product support as needed.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Verilog RTL development with industry tools in a CPU, SOC or ASIC environment
• Demonstrates expertise in the following:
  • Processor architecture including out-of-order processor architecture
  • Logic design
  • RTL coding experience for a high-speed processor
  • Power-saving techniques
  • Exposure to physical design and verification methods
  • Awareness of synthesis, place and route, and timing closure concepts
• Development experience from clean-sheet design to product tapeout to post-silicon debug.
• Proven experience with microarchitecture development, as demonstrated by patents, publications, product features
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in both pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE DESIRED:

• Background in other aspects of physical design implementation, especially with synthesis flow and static timing analysis
• Knowledge and skills related to lower power design tools and techniques
• Knowledge of microprocessor Design-for-Test (DFT) and Design-for-Debug (DFD) logic and issues
• Experience in clocking, reset, power-up sequences and power management
• Experience with x86 or ARM Architecture (ISA)
• Comfort with scripting such as Perl, Python, Ruby, Shell and/or TCL

 ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS, MS, or PhD degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or related field of study.

 LOCATION:

• Austin, TX

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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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