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AMD

Designs and sells processors, GPUs, accelerators

ASIC Design Verification Engineer

Full-TimeDeadline 8/18/27
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's, Master's
Rochester, NY, USA
In Person
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with persistence to chase intermittent failures to root cause.
  • Ability to read RTL and write testbenches.
  • Ability to work at the boundary between digital and analog.
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
  • The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Responsibilities
  • Own the overall verification strategy, test plan, and coverage closure for a mixed-signal power management IC.
  • Define functional and code coverage goals, track progress, and report verification status and readiness to the project team.
  • Own verification signoff criteria and drive the team to coverage closure ahead of tape-out.
  • Maintain and improve regression infrastructure, triage flow, and results reporting.
  • Develop and execute system-level verification of the full system-on-chip, including boot and reset sequencing, power state transitions, fault and protection scenarios, and host interface traffic.
  • Verify firmware-driven behavior in co-simulation of embedded firmware with RTL.
  • Build and maintain SystemVerilog/UVM testbench components, sequences, checkers, and assertions at the system level.
  • Develop block-level testbenches and coverage for digital blocks as project needs require.
  • Verify digital/analog interfaces using real-number models of analog macros, including model bring-up, correlation to analog behavior, and debug in the digital simulation environment.
  • Partner with Analog Design and RTL Design to review model fidelity and ensure verified behavior matches silicon intent.
  • Partner with RTL designers on design reviews, verification planning, and debug failures to root cause.
  • Contribute to SystemVerilog RTL design work across the team as needed.
  • Support post-silicon bring-up, including correlation of silicon behavior back to pre-silicon test cases.
  • Work across Analog, Firmware, Systems Engineering, and Architecture teams.
  • Mentor junior engineers on verification methodology.
Desired Qualifications
  • System-level or system-on-chip-level verification ownership on a mixed-signal device.
  • Real-number modeling of analog blocks in SystemVerilog using wreal or nettype real, or experience with Verilog-AMS.
  • SystemVerilog RTL design experience in an ASIC environment.
  • Firmware/RTL co-simulation or hardware/software co-verification experience.
  • Formal verification, assertion-based verification using SVA, or emulation/FPGA prototyping experience.
  • Post-silicon bring-up and debug experience.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and leading verification reviews.
  • Strong SystemVerilog and UVM testbench development skills, with ownership of verification for a block or subsystem through tape-out.
  • Demonstrated experience defining verification plans and driving functional and code coverage to closure.
  • Proficiency with simulation, coverage, and debug tools, and with regression automation.
  • Ability to read and understand RTL and design specifications to independently derive test intent.

About the company

AMD is a semiconductor company that designs and sells processors, graphics cards, and accelerators for a range of customers, including data centers, AI developers, and enterprises. Its products include Ryzen CPUs for desktops, EPYC CPUs for data centers, and Radeon GPUs for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers the ROCm software stack and Instinct accelerators to boost AI and machine learning performance. The company earns revenue from hardware sales, technology licensing, and software that optimizes hardware performance. AMD differentiates itself through a broad portfolio that combines high-performance CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators, along with software ecosystems that optimize compute workloads. Its goal is to provide scalable, efficient computing power for gaming, data centers, and AI workloads while pursuing responsible corporate practices.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

1969

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What believers are saying

  • August 4, 2026 revenue hit $11.5 billion; data center revenue rose 107%.
  • September 8, 2026 AMD raised 2030 TAM to $2 trillion-$3 trillion.
  • Oracle's Q3 2026 50,000-GPU Helios supercluster validates AMD's rack-scale strategy.

What critics are saying

  • Broadcom is winning OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic custom-silicon budgets during 2026.
  • August 2026 China export controls still block MI308 sales and create recurring charges.
  • If Helios ramps slip beyond Q2 2027, Nvidia consolidates frontier AI share.

What makes AMD unique

  • July 2026 Helios links MI455X, Venice EPYC, and Vulcano into rack-scale systems.
  • AMD and Meta co-developed Open Rack Wide, reducing deployment friction for hyperscalers.
  • ROCm plus EPYC gives AMD CPU-GPU software-stack leverage across AI and HPC.

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