Pre-Silicon Power Management Engineer

Amd

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Work type
On-site
Location
Austin, TX
Salary
$133,200–$199,800 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Oct 27, 2027

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Below market

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About Amd

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company that develops high-performance processors, graphics cards, and adaptive computing solutions for gaming, data centers, and embedded markets. Industry: Semiconductors

Amd currently has 500 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Pre-Silicon Power Management Engineer

The Pre-Silicon Power Management Engineer joins the team to drive the validation of silicon designs and implement new Shift Left initiative technologies. This role focuses on pre-silicon emulation debug, development, and validation of complex boot flows, connections, and peripherals within the SOC design. Key responsibilities include improving product time-to-market, hardware quality, and firmware costs by defining shift left strategies and tracking key metrics. The candidate will utilize tools and concepts such as emulation, FPGA, software models, and N-1 silicon usage. Required technical skills include knowledge of computer system architecture, microprocessor development, and languages like Verilog, C, C++, assembly, TCL/TK, and Python. The work involves validating low-power states like S0i3 and debugging entry/exit flows across hardware and firmware components.

What you'll do

  • Validate silicon designs and implement new Shift Left initiative technologies.
  • Enable new SOC and Enterprise Emulation technologies to improve pre-silicon IP validation.
  • Perform pre-silicon emulation debug and validate complex boot flows and peripherals.
  • Develop and execute shift left strategies for upcoming products with customers.
  • Drive new capabilities to enhance system validation quality and coverage prior to silicon arrival.
  • Define and track key metrics to facilitate and monitor technical improvements.
  • Debug high-priority issues and execute critical tasks on major projects.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering, or a related degree.
  • In-depth understanding of microprocessor product development and computer system architecture (preferred).
  • Proven track record of working across teams to deliver complex projects on aggressive timelines.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with program-specific technical leads and customers.
  • Experience with pre-silicon tools and concepts including emulation, FPGA, software models, and N-1 silicon usage.
  • Focused experience in emulation and other shift left technologies and processes (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience validating low-power states like S0i3 in pre-silicon emulation environments (preferred).
  • Knowledge of Verilog, C, C++, assembly, TCL/TK, Python, and/or other scripting languages (preferred).

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