CPU Principal RTL Design Engineer - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

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THE ROLE:

AMD’s Cores Organization delivers industry leading CPU’s, Caches, and Chiplets that are the foundation of AMD’s server, client, and gaming business.  We are looking for an experienced VLSI RTL design engineer to join this innovative team as a technical expert.  In this role, the candidate will invent and implement the highest performance, most energy efficient cache and fabric designs in the industry. The candidate will be a key contributor for AMD’s next generation cores and caches.  

THE PERSON:

The candidate has successful experience delivering on aggressive goals on aggressive schedules. As a Microarchitecture and RTL expert for our Cache designs, it is important for the candidate to enjoy engaging with many different teams covering a breadth of technical areas. We are pushing the envelope on chip performance, power, and area, so the status quo must be challenged on every program. This environment requires creativity, innovation, and excellent verbal and written communication skills. The candidate has strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills and enjoys using those skills to accomplish goals that many might not think possible. Our team delivers critical designs for multiple AMD products and our team is growing both in capability and size, so the candidate must have the ability and desire to guide and develop people.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with Cache and CPU Architects to design, document, and execute optimized high-performance Power Management and Clocking designs.
• Collaborate with Physical Design to develop RTL that is optimized for physical construction and timing closure.
• Collaborate with Design Verification to develop architecture and features that are documented clearly and are verifiable.
• Collaborate with Design For Test teams to develop RTL that is reliable, testable, and manufacturable.
• Work across global teams to solve complex architectural interactions between IP and SOC designs
• Develop ways to improve our CPU design by increasing quality, by simplifying design complexities through innovation, and by improving our technical interactions with other teams

• Solve design and tool problems requiring ground-breaking approaches and champion innovation across the organization.  Create technical presentations for peers and management.
• Guide and mentor other engineers.

 PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Prior experience with successful Cache architecture development and execution including Cache Controller and Array RTL implementation
• Prior experience with Clocks, Power Management, and Reset architecture and logic implementation including Clock Distribution, Clock Domain Crossings, and Voltage Domain crossings
• Prior experience collaborating effectively with a diverse team across disciplines
• Prior experience with Digital RTL Design, Verilog HDL, and Scripting

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS/MS in EE, CS, CSE (or similar), plus 6+ years hardware design experience

LOCATION:

Fort Collins, CO

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