Core Debug Engineer

AMD - Advanced Micro Devices

Iași, Romania

THE ROLE:

As a Core Debug Engineer, you will work with Design Verification/RTL Teams and designers to verify the design behavior and contribute to convergence.

THE PERSON:

You have an interest in modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Research and verify software components employing knowledge of digital design theory;
Perform pre-Silicon Verification of next generation high performance Microprocessor designs and related IPs;
Reach milestone metrics with qualitative contribution;
Debug directed and random stimulus to find bugs in the microprocessor design; verify the functionality and verify conformance to the specifications.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

Project level experience with design concepts and RTL implementation for same;
Experience or familiarity with formal tools and/or functional verification tools by VCS, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, ModelSIM, Vivado, EDA Playground;
Knowledge of Unix/Linux Systems and bash scripting language.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Strong knowledge of English - both written and spoken;
Individual responsibility and a strong desire for personal achievements;
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science;
Documented and demonstrable knowledge in all of the following either in an academic or professional setting:
- Modern computer architecture, including processor pipeline and memory hierarchy;
- Hands-on work in C++ programming for either hardware modeling or testbench development or projects of similar scope and complexity;
- Logic design and representing the same in HDL (e.g. Verilog or VHDL);
- Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog HDL, programming in scripting languages (Perl/Ruby/Python) , C/C++, logic simulation;
- Hardware Verification methodology and techniques such as simulation, debug, coverage, formal etc.
Demonstrates strong communication skills, and the ability to work with a diverse team.