Leadership Role - Emulation
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Salary
- $0 – $0 / year
About the job
WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.
Leadership Role - Emulation
THE ROLE: AMD is seeking a Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) to lead SoC Emulation for next-generation AMD SOC products. This role is responsible for defining emulation strategy, driving technical execution, and delivering robust, high-performance emulation platforms that enable early software development and de-risk silicon.
Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Strategy
• Own the SoC emulation strategy for one or more major AMD SoC programs
- Own the SoC emulation strategy for one or more major AMD SoC programs
- Define emulation scope, milestones, and success criteria aligned with program and silicon schedules
- Serve as the technical authority for emulation methodology, performance, and debug
- Influence SoC architecture and RTL decisions to improve emulation efficiency and debuggability
• Lead bring-up of full-chip and subsystem emulation on enterprise emulation platforms (e.g., Palladium, Veloce, Zebu)
- Lead bring-up of full-chip and subsystem emulation on enterprise emulation platforms (e.g., Palladium, Veloce, Zebu)
- Integrate RTL, memory models, testbenches, transactors, and software interfaces
- Enable early firmware, BIOS, OS, driver, and application software development
- Debug complex, cross-layer issues spanning RTL, firmware, and software
- Drive performance optimization, capacity planning, and resource utilization of emulation platforms
• Partner closely with SoC design, DV, firmware, software, post-silicon, and architecture teams
- Partner closely with SoC design, DV, firmware, software, post-silicon, and architecture teams
- Act as the single-point technical owner for emulation deliverables and readiness
- Provide clear technical status, risk assessment, and mitigation plans to leadership
- Support customer, platform, and ecosystem enablement use cases as needed
• Define and drive automation, CI/regressions, and reuse across emulation environments
- Define and drive automation, CI/regressions, and reuse across emulation environments
- Establish best practices for emulation bring-up, debug, and software enablement
- Mentor senior and junior engineers; raise overall emulation capability within AMD
- Evaluate and deploy new tools, flows, and technologies to improve time-to-value
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 15+ years of experience in SoC design, verification, emulation, or HW/SW co-development
- Deep hands-on experience with SoC-level emulation platforms (Palladium, Veloce, Zebu, or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of complex SoC architectures (CPU, GPU, interconnects, memory subsystems, IO)
- Expertise in SystemVerilog/Verilog and scripting (Python, Perl, Tcl, Bash, etc.)
- Proven ability to debug and resolve complex RTL and HW/SW interaction issues
- Demonstrated technical leadership across large, multi-team programs
• Experience enabling Linux/UEFI/BIOS/RTOS bring-up on pre-silicon platforms
- Experience enabling Linux/UEFI/BIOS/RTOS bring-up on pre-silicon platforms
- Knowledge of PCIe, DDR, AMBA/CHI, cache coherency, virtualization, and power management
- Experience with co-emulation, acceleration, or hybrid verification environments
- Background in high-performance computing, graphics, AI, or server-class SoCs
- Track record of influencing architecture and validation strategy at the program level
- Hyderabad
- Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in related discipline preferred
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Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance .
AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
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