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Senior Silicon Design Engineer

AMD

On-site
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Senior
2+ yrs
$124k–$177kPosted 2w ago

Real job — pulled straight from AMD’s careers page · Verified August 22, 2026 · No reposts.

Job description

AMD is hiring a Senior Silicon Design Engineer — a full-time, based in Santa Clara, CA role ($124k–$177k). Apply directly on AMD's careers page below.



ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them.

 

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.




Job Role and Responsibility: AMD, Inc., is hiring Sr. Silicon Design Engineer to Problem identification: Data from the AM tool is used by GPU architects used to identify points that can be enhanced in our next-gen products. AM team develops a variety of tools and datapoints makes finding performance problems easier. Feature Development: The AM team works with architects on ideas, called features, to improve the graphics architecture. The Sr. Engineer is responsible for the gathering of requirements, design, and implementation of new features within the model. The AM team has the core responsibility of proving or disproving new features inclusion in next-gen products. Model Development: The SR. Engineer will develop the knowledge of the entire graphics and compute pipeline for all our off-the-shelve products, and details of the upcoming changes and their impact. Infrastructure / Model Enhancement: C++ simulator coupled with python postscripts for data visualization and analysis. The Sr. Engineer bring expertise in these languages to improve the overall usability of the AM tools in terms of wall-clock runtime, memory consumption, code quality and complexity. SW Shift Left: Help drive our SW shift-left initiative, where we have a faster functional model and driver stack to facilitate our architecture analysis and IP verification needs sooner in the development cycle, prior to detailed architecture modeling of target software.

 

 

Multiple openings. Qualified applicants click “APPLY NOW” button to apply online.

 

Travel required: NO

Qualifications: Degree required

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.

Qualifications: Amount and type of experience required: Two (2) years experience in the job offered or a related engineering role.

 

Specific skills required: The following skills are required:

 

Position requires two (2) years of experience in the following:

 

  • Unix/Linux environments;
  • Creation of C models for design;
  • C/C++;
  • Python;
  • Object Oriented design;
  • Software debugging (macOS or Linux/Unix);
  • Git:
  • Data Structures.

 

Preferred Skills: N/A

 

#LI-AM4




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.

 

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

 

This posting is for an existing vacancy.



Job Role and Responsibility: AMD, Inc., is hiring Sr. Silicon Design Engineer to Problem identification: Data from the AM tool is used by GPU architects used to identify points that can be enhanced in our next-gen products. AM team develops a variety of tools and datapoints makes finding performance problems easier. Feature Development: The AM team works with architects on ideas, called features, to improve the graphics architecture. The Sr. Engineer is responsible for the gathering of requirements, design, and implementation of new features within the model. The AM team has the core responsibility of proving or disproving new features inclusion in next-gen products. Model Development: The SR. Engineer will develop the knowledge of the entire graphics and compute pipeline for all our off-the-shelve products, and details of the upcoming changes and their impact. Infrastructure / Model Enhancement: C++ simulator coupled with python postscripts for data visualization and analysis. The Sr. Engineer bring expertise in these languages to improve the overall usability of the AM tools in terms of wall-clock runtime, memory consumption, code quality and complexity. SW Shift Left: Help drive our SW shift-left initiative, where we have a faster functional model and driver stack to facilitate our architecture analysis and IP verification needs sooner in the development cycle, prior to detailed architecture modeling of target software.

 

 

Multiple openings.  Qualified applicants click “APPLY NOW” button to apply online.

 

Travel required: NO      

Qualifications: Degree required

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.

Qualifications: Amount and type of experience required: Two (2) years experience in the job offered or a related engineering role.

 

Specific skills required: The following skills are required:

 

Position requires two (2) years of experience in the following:

 

  • Unix/Linux environments;
  • Creation of C models for design;
  • C/C++;
  • Python;
  • Object Oriented design;
  • Software debugging (macOS or Linux/Unix);
  • Git:
  • Data Structures.

 

Preferred Skills: N/A

 

#LI-AM4



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.

 

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position.  AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

 

This posting is for an existing vacancy.



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The required skills for Senior Silicon Design Engineer at AMD include: C++, Python, Git.

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