CPU Core RTL Design Team Lead

at  Advanced Micro Devices Inc

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• A strong leader with experience working with a distributed team
• Strong mentoring and coaching skills
• Proven experience managing and leading engineering teams
• Strong system and software engineering background
• Strong communications skills. Able to summarize complex problems for executive as well as drill down to details with architects and engineers
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills including the ability to analyze current behavior, identify potential areas for improvement and design of experiments
• Must be a self-starter and self-motivated
• Prior experience Managing technical team.
• Verilog RTL development with industry tools in a CPU, SOC or ASIC environment.
• Demonstrates expertise in one or more of the following areas:
• Processor architecture including high-performance out-of-order processor architecture.
• Logic design
• RTL coding experience for a high-speed processor
• Power-saving and energy efficient design techniques
• Exposure to physical design and verification methods
• Ability to work with performance team and debug and fix performance issues.
• Awareness of synthesis, place and route, and timing closure concepts

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE DESIRED:

• Background in other aspects of ASIC implementation, especially with synthesis flow and static timing analysis
• Knowledge of microprocessor Design-for-Test (DFT) and Design-for-Debug (DFD) logic and issues
• Experience in clocking, reset, power-up sequences and power management
• Experience with x86 or ARM Architecture (ISA)
• Comfort with scripting such as Perl, Python, Ruby, Shell and/or TCL

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING

We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives.
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Responsibilities:

THE ROLE:

AMD seeks a passionate, collaborative leader with strong technical skills and the initiative to motivate an expert team. You will manage a CPU Core RTL group and innovate with internal teams and external partners to create the next generation of computing technologies.
As a CPU Core Architecture/RTL lead, you will work in the center of an experienced, skilled, and motivated engineering team with a track record of success. As a member of the Core Architecture/RTL team, you will work on the leading edge of processor technology and collaborate with the Performance Modeling, Design Verification, Physical Design, and Post-Silicon Teams to make AMD’s ambitious future CPU roadmap a reality.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a high-performance CPU core engineering design team.
• Lead the team to execute on RTL design and coding for various sections of the processor core pipeline and related logic.
• Collaborate with a team of hardware and software engineers to drive the high-level architecture and manage design deliverables.
• Participate in the definition of microarchitecture of next-generation high-performance processor cores.
• Contribute to design verification, performance verification, synthesis, power reduction, timing convergence, and floorplan efforts.
• Contribute to silicon debug and product support as needed.