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Director of Silicon Design Engineering

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., San Jose, CA, United States


Overview WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you\'ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world\'s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

The Role As a Director of Product Development in our FPD team, you will be responsible for leading FPGA design engineering teams in the Adaptive & Embedded Computing Group (AECG). You will be driving new ideas and capabilities in the programmable fabric in current and future products. You will lead the evaluation of future architectures by closing working with Architecture and Manufacturing teams. You will enable test chip designs and provide technical direction for skilled design engineers to help evaluate and realize key IP and technologies. You will review IP designs for quality, performance, power, and cost. Additionally, you will interact with the various Silicon development teams including digital and analog circuit designers, custom layout designers, physical designers, integration teams, and sign-off teams.

The Person A successful candidate will work with senior silicon design engineers, architects, and micro-architects of the fabric team. The candidate will be highly accurate and detail-oriented, possessing good communication and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities

Execute FPD team supporting Fabric research and development

Enable new capabilities in the FPGA fabric to improve PPAC

Evaluate key new features in the fabric with deep understanding of software capabilities

Design Reviews to reduce product risk, improve PPAC and schedule

Evaluate and develop yield improvement techniques

Understand product roadmaps and enable new foundry technologies

Leverage and deploy AMD solutions in the fabric

Preferred Experience

Programmable logic fundamentals

Next generation process and packaging technologies

Binning and circuit margins, including VID, Aging

Regulators, SRAM design, LUTs, NOCs, Clocking

Circuit techniques for high performance and low power operations

Industrial and automotive FUSA requirements

Design for Manufacturing and Design for Debug

Micro-architecture of dense, repeating structures

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Academic Credentials

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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Benefits and Compliance Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD\'s "Responsible AI Policy" is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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