Pre-silicon Validation Engineer - Emulation

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · Bangalore, India · Engineering

This role focuses on pre-silicon validation engineering for complex System-on-Chip (SoC) programs, involving emulation platforms, debugging, and developing test content for hardware features. It is not directly involved in building or researching AI/ML models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Driving technical innovation to improve AMD’s capabilities across validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives
  2. Debugging issues found during the process, bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs
  3. Working with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time
  4. Working closely with supporting technical teams
  5. Engaging in other software/hardware modeling frameworks

Skills

Required

  • Complex SoC verification & Validation
  • FPGA and/or emulation platforms
  • C/C++/Uefi based test content development
  • Pre-silicon environment validation
  • Debugging failures
  • System architecture
  • Technical debug
  • Validation strategy
  • Analytical/problem-solving skills
  • Attention to details
  • Self-starter
  • Independent task completion

Nice to have

  • Low power design emulation/verification
  • Power management fundamentals
  • UEFI
  • Windows Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • x86 and/or ARM SoC Architecture
  • Memory subsystem
  • High speed IO peripherals like PCIe, USB, NPU
  • SoC & IP level Power Management flow
  • Security protocols
  • USB
  • AXI
  • PCI
  • PCIe
  • MIPI
  • Pre-Silicon Validation on SOC, Subsystems , MMIP, accelerators, CPU/Power Management/HSIO -PCIe/USB using Embedded C and BIOS

What the JD emphasized

  • Significant 5+ years of relevant experience in complex SoC verification & Validation
  • Prior hands-on experience with FPGA and/or emulation platforms (Veloce, Palladium, ZEBU, HAPs, Protium)
  • Validating hardware features for at least 3 or more projects in a pre-silicon environment
  • Extensive knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategy
  • Must be a self-starter, and able to independently drive tasks to completion