CPU Design Engineer

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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.

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THE ROLE:

The focus of this role is to plan, build, and execute the power modeling and validation of new and existing AMD CPU designs.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and post-silicon engineers to understand the develop and validate new CPU power models.
• Build implementation documentation for these new models.
• Build the models, and interlock with post-silicon engineers.
• Develop validation methodology for the models.
• Debug model miscorrelation to determine the root cause; develop new methodology to correct for miscorrelations.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Proficient in digital system power estimation.
• Proficient in machine learning algorithms and data-mining algorithms.

• Experience with Verilog, System Verilog, C, and C++
• CPU microarchitecture knowledge
• Experience with CPU architectural profiling.
• Automating workflows in a distributed compute environment.

• Experience in the C++ language, preferably on Linux with exposure to Windows platform
• Scripting language experience: Perl, Ruby, Makefile, shell preferred.

• Exposure to leadership or mentorship is an asset

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Ph.D. degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

LOCATION:

San Jose, CA; Santa Clara, CA

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