Director Silicon Design Engineering

AMD
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["RTL","Hardware design","CPU","ISA","Scripting languages"]

Veteran hardware engineering leader responsible for directing RTL design teams across multiple blocks to deliver state-of-the-art x86 CPUs. Collaborates with architects, DV, and physical design to drive design goals, implementation strategies, and high-quality, cost-effective solutions. Leads complex problem solving, participates in technical reviews, and guides the team from concept through tape-out in a fast-paced, multinational CPU development environment.

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AMD
4 months ago

Director Silicon Design Engineering

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Job Summary

Veteran hardware engineering leader responsible for directing RTL design teams across multiple blocks to deliver state-of-the-art x86 CPUs. Collaborates with architects, DV, and physical design to drive design goals, implementation strategies, and high-quality, cost-effective solutions. Leads complex problem solving, participates in technical reviews, and guides the team from concept through tape-out in a fast-paced, multinational CPU development environment.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and coordinate a team of RTL design engineers across multiple design blocks.
  • •Drive project design goals and dependencies with architects, DV, and physical design teams.
  • •Drive implementation strategy to deliver quality, timely and cost-effective solutions.
  • •Provide technical leadership to resolve complex design problems in a dynamic environment.
  • •Participate in technical reviews of specifications, design, and test plans; identify and address areas of concern to meet design quality objectives.

Key Requirements

  • •BS or MS in EE, CE, or CS and relevant experience
  • •Experience delivering multiple tape outs in a design leadership role
  • •Expertise in computer architecture, processor pipeline and memory hierarchy
  • •Experience designing Instruction Set Architecture of a complex microprocessor
  • •Scripting languages (e.g. Ruby, Python, or Perl)
Experience:SemiconductorsCPUsRTLSiliconHardware design
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:RTLHardware designCPUISAScripting languages
Languages:English
Tech Stack:RubyPythonPerlRTLISAASIC

Company Brief

AMD
Designs and produces semiconductor products including CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive SoCs for consumer, enterprise, and embedded markets, competing across PCs, data centers, and gaming industries.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1969
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