AMD—Senior IP Verification Engineer with high-speed interface protocols

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Description: ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.   THE ROLE: The focus of this role is to plan, build, and execute the verification of new and existing features for AMD's Soft IP cores, ensuring high-quality,silicon-proven IP delivered across supported platforms with zero escapes to production.   THE PERSON:  You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  - Collaborate with IP designers, architects, and application engineers to understand new features and parameterization requirements to be verified - Develop comprehensive verification strategies including: - Test plans and functional coverage models - Assertion-based verification (ABV) - Constrained-random verification - Formal verification where applicable - Build comprehensive test plan documentation covering functional coverage, parameter space, platform interactions, and end-user use cases - Estimate effort required to develop new feature tests and any updates needed to the verification environment - Develop directed and constrained-random verification tests, including parameter configuration and coverage closure strategies - Drive verification closure using coverage metrics, bug convergence, and quality sign-off criteria - Debug complex design and verification issues spanning digital and firmware interfaces - Review verification architecture, testbench design, and coding standards across the team - Build comprehensive test plan documentation covering functional coverage, parameter space, platform interactions, and end-user use cases - Estimate effort required to develop new feature tests and any updates needed to the verification environment - Drive adoption and continuous improvement of: - UVM methodology and System Verilog best practices - Assertion-based verification flows - Regression infrastructure and CI/CD verification flows - Coverage-driven verification strategies - AI-assisted verification productivity tools - Verification automation frameworks - Promote IP reuse and standardized verification environments across projects - Maintain and improve nightly regression infrastructure across all supported platforms and configurations - Contribute to IP quality sign-off reviews and pre-release validation   PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:  - 7+ years of industry experience in IP/SoC level design verification - Proficient in IP-level ASIC or FPGA functional verification - Proficient in debugging RTL using industry-standard simulation tools (Questa, Xcelium, VCS, Vivado Simulator) - Proficient in UVM-based testbench development and constrained-random verification methodologies - Strong hands-on experience with: - SystemVerilog and UVM verification frameworks - Assertion-based verification (SVA, PSL) - Functional and code coverage closure - Formal verification tools and methodologies - Experience developing and maintaining verification frameworks, regression flows, and CI/CD verification pipelines - Automating workflows in distributed compute environments (LSF or equivalent) - Exposure to AI-assisted verification tools and automation frameworks - Exposure to simulation acceleration, coverage-driven verification, and formal verification techniques - Scripting experience: Python, Perl, shell, Makefile preferred - Exposure to leadership or mentorship is an asset - Prior experience with high-speed interface protocols is a strong plus, including: - Video/Display: HDMI, DisplayPort (DP), MIPI DSI/CSI - Connectivity: USB 3.x/4.0, PCIe Gen 4/5, Ethernet (1G/10G/25G/100G) - Memory interfaces: DDR4/DDR5, LPDDR4/LPDDR5 - On-chip interconnects: AXI, AHB, APB - SerDes and PHY-level protocol verification experience   ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  - Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering #LI-SR4 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. Responsibilities: THE ROLE: The focus of this role is to plan, build, and execute the verification of new and existing features for AMD's Soft IP cores, ensuring high-quality,silicon-proven IP delivered across supported platforms with zero escapes to production.   THE PERSON:  You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/timezones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  - Collaborate with IP designers, architects, and application engineers to understand new features and parameterization requirements to be verified - Develop comprehensive verification strategies including: - Test plans and functional coverage models - Assertion-based verification (ABV) - Constrained-random verification - Formal verification where applicable - Build comprehensive test plan documentation covering functional coverage, parameter space, platform interactions, and end-user use cases - Estimate effort required to develop new feature tests and any updates needed to the verification environment - Develop directed and constrained-random verification tests, including parameter configuration and coverage closure strategies - Drive verification closure using coverage metrics, bug convergence, and quality sign-off criteria - Debug complex design and verification issues spanning digital and firmware interfaces - Review verification architecture, testbench design, and coding standards across the team - Build comprehensive test plan documentation covering functional coverage, parameter space, platform interactions, and end-user use cases - Estimate effort required to develop new feature tests and any updates needed to the verification environment - Drive adoption and continuous improvement of: - UVM methodology and System Verilog best practices - Assertion-based verification flows - Regression infrastructure and CI/CD verification flows - Coverage-driven verification strategies - AI-assisted verification productivity tools - Verification automation frameworks - Promote IP reuse and standardized verification environments across projects - Maintain and improve nightly regression infrastructure across all supported platforms and configurations - Contribute to IP quality sign-off reviews and pre-release validation   PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:  - 7+ years of industry experience in IP/SoC level design verification - Proficient in IP-level ASIC or FPGA functional verification - Proficient in debugging RTL using industry-standard simulation tools (Questa, Xcelium, VCS, Vivado Simulator) - Proficient in UVM-based testbench development and constrained-random verification methodologies - Strong hands-on experience with: - SystemVerilog and UVM verification frameworks - Assertion-based verification (SVA, PSL) - Functional and code coverage closure - Formal verification tools and methodologies - Experience developing and maintaining verification frameworks, regression flows, and CI/CD verification pipelines - Automating workflows in distributed compute environments (LSF or equivalent) - Exposure to AI-assisted verification tools and automation frameworks - Exposure to simulation acceleration, coverage-driven verification, and formal verification techniques - Scripting experience: Python, Perl, shell, Makefile preferred - Exposure to leadership or mentorship is an asset - Prior experience with high-speed interface protocols is a strong plus, including: - Video/Display: HDMI, DisplayPort (DP), MIPI DSI/CSI - Connectivity: USB 3.x/4.0, PCIe Gen 4/5, Ethernet (1G/10G/25G/100G) - Memory interfaces: DDR4/DDR5, LPDDR4/LPDDR5 - On-chip interconnects: AXI, AHB, APB - SerDes and PHY-level protocol verification experience   ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  - Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering #LI-SR4