Emulation Verification Engineer
AMD Austin, TX Full-time 3/24/2026 $118.8k - $178.2k per year
Undergraduate Entry-Level
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•FY 2025Job Description
AMD is seeking a design verification engineer to enhance its capabilities in delivering high-quality technologies. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to create and execute test plans, develop test benches, and debug core emulation infrastructure. A passion for processor architecture and strong analytical skills are essential.
Requirements
- Experience with FPGA and/or emulation platforms (ZeBu, HAPs, Veloce)
- Scripting with Perl or equivalent languages
- Experience debugging failures using waveform viewers, log files, and microcode trace dumps
- Knowledge of UEFI, core-boot, Linux, Windows Operating Systems
- Knowledge of x86 and/or ARM SoC Architecture
- Coding in x86 Assembly language
- Strong knowledge of microprocessor architecture (x86 preferred)
- Bachelors or Masters degree in EE, CE, or CS preferred
Responsibilities
- Drive AMD Core’s Shift-Left strategies
- Interact with multiple stakeholders (firmware/BIOS, RTL designers, DV, system architects) to plan, create, execute, and debug core on emulators
- Define and implement test plans including stimulus, checking and functional coverage plans
- Develop test benches and test bench components in C++
- Write monitors and checkers to support end-to-end core emulation infrastructure
- Debug regression fails and fix verification issues or work with designers to fix design bugs
- Assist with silicon observations often requiring replication of behaviors in simulation to root cause
- Run emulator workloads to test all new features
- Create hardware emulation build to verify the IP functional performance
- Maintain and improve current hardware emulation environment to speed up runtime performance and improve debug facility
- Provide technical support to other teams
Benefits
- AMD provides a competitive 'Total Rewards' package that focuses on financial growth, health, and work-life balance.
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