Senior Virtual Platform Functional Modeling Engineer

Amd

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Austin, TX
Salary
$178,400–$267,600 / yr
Posted
17 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Aug 25, 2027

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $184k
This role $223k
$100k most similar roles pay here $286k

This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$216,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $223k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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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 367 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Virtual Platform Functional Modeling Engineer

As a Senior Virtual Platform Functional Modeling Engineer, you will join the team building a next-generation distributed multi-node functional modeling environment to enable scalable pre-silicon system validation across CPU, GPU, AI, and adaptive computing platforms. You will be responsible for defining infrastructure, developing model interfaces, and implementing inter-node communication behaviors such as message ordering and flow control. Your daily work involves designing simulation orchestration services, creating validation strategies, and building CI/CD automation to ensure model reliability. The role requires proficiency in C++, experience with SystemC/TLM-2.0, QEMU, or Simics, and knowledge of SoC architectures including memory hierarchies and high-speed interconnects like PCIe and CXL. You will solve complex system-level challenges by translating architecture specifications into executable models to facilitate earlier software development and firmware bring-up before physical silicon is available.

What you'll do

  • Define and implement inter-node communication behaviors including message ordering, flow control, and protocol state machines.
  • Design and improve simulation orchestration services such as job scheduling, synchronization, logging, and deterministic execution.
  • Develop model interfaces, adapters, and communication frameworks to enable scalable system integration.
  • Create validation strategies, regression suites, debug infrastructure, and CI/CD automation for model reliability.
  • Translate architectural specifications into executable models and validation-ready platform behaviors.
  • Evaluate commercial, open-source, and internal technologies to improve modeling productivity and scalability.
  • Develop software-executable representations of complex systems to enable pre-silicon validation across CPU, GPU, and AI platforms.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field preferred.
  • Master's degree preferred.
  • Experience with functional modeling, virtual platform development, simulation frameworks, firmware enablement, or pre-silicon modeling environments.
  • Strong C++ software development skills within modeling, systems software, firmware infrastructure, or platform-level environments.
  • Knowledge of SoC and platform architecture including memory hierarchies, coherency mechanisms, and high-speed interconnects.
  • Familiarity with industry protocols such as PCIe, CXL, AXI, CHI, ACE, UCIe, HBM, or DDR.
  • Exposure to virtual platform technologies like SystemC/TLM-2.0, Arm Fast Models, Simics, QEMU, or similar frameworks.
  • Experience with test planning, regression infrastructure, validation methodologies, and CI/CD automation.

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