System Modeling Design Engineer

AMD
United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Education: mastersSkills: ["Cross-functional collaboration","Best-practice development","Model validation","Analytical thinking","Continuous improvement"]

Develop advanced simulation and modeling frameworks for photonic systems to drive design decisions and optimize performance. Build scalable models that capture optical performance, power efficiency, signal integrity, and reliability, then correlate them with lab measurements to improve accuracy over time. Use SystemVerilog for optical system co-simulation and Python and/or Julia for time-domain transient analysis, including high-speed links, SerDes behavior, DSP effects, jitter, and noise. Collaborate across engineering teams for robust system integration.

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System Modeling Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Develop advanced simulation and modeling frameworks for photonic systems to drive design decisions and optimize performance. Build scalable models that capture optical performance, power efficiency, signal integrity, and reliability, then correlate them with lab measurements to improve accuracy over time. Use SystemVerilog for optical system co-simulation and Python and/or Julia for time-domain transient analysis, including high-speed links, SerDes behavior, DSP effects, jitter, and noise. Collaborate across engineering teams for robust system integration.
Location: United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead photonic device and system modeling efforts for simulation-driven architecture, design decisions, and performance optimization.
  • •Develop SystemVerilog-based models for optical system-level simulation and co-verification with electronic subsystems.
  • •Perform time-domain modeling and simulation using Python and/or Julia to analyze transient behavior (optical link performance, SerDes interactions, DSP algorithms, jitter, noise, and signal integrity).
  • •Evaluate system-level trade-offs across photonic and electronic domains, focusing on power, performance, reliability, and cost.
  • •Build, validate, and maintain multi-physics models (optical, electrical, thermal) and correlate simulations with lab measurements to refine accuracy.

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive experience in photonic device and system modeling, simulation, and performance optimization in production or advanced R&D environments.
  • •Hands-on experience with photonic simulation tools such as Lumerical, VPIphotonics, OptiSystem, or COMSOL.
  • •Strong SystemVerilog and mixed-signal/system-level modeling for optical-electrical co-simulation and verification.
  • •Strong time-domain simulation using Python and/or Julia for optical links, SerDes behavior, DSP algorithms, jitter, noise, and signal integrity.
  • •Proven ability to correlate simulation results with laboratory measurements, including high-speed link characterization and BER performance.
Experience:Photonic devicesSystem modelingSimulationMulti-physicsOptical-electrical co-simulationR&D
Education:Master's
Skills:Cross-functional collaborationBest-practice developmentModel validationAnalytical thinkingContinuous improvement
Languages:En-us
Tech Stack:SystemVerilogPythonJuliaLumericalVPIphotonicsOptiSystemCOMSOLMulti-physicsSerDesDSPJitterNoiseSignal integrityBER

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Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

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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