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. THE ROLE:Bring AMD's leading-edge SoCs to life in a virtual environment! Develop Fast Platform Models that simulate software-visible behavior of AMD's next-generation designs. Enable pre-silicon development of firmware, system, driver and application software. Support emulation acceleration, performance, and power modeling. Enhance our simulation infrastructure and develop innovative, new debug features.
The Senior Virtual/ Platform Modeling Engineer will have broad scope and work with multiple teams to gather SoC and IP component specifications, plan development to meet milestones, build models, and support internal and external stakeholders. You will be a team player on a highly-capable and supportive team, working on a project critical to the company's success. This is a highly visible and impactful role with excellent growth opportunity.
THE PERSON:You should be adept at problem-solving and thrive on developing efficient solutions to complex problems. You can quickly grasp new concepts and technologies, are innovative and always looking for ways to improve the status quo. You are a great teammate, willing to go the extra mile to ensure project success.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:- Develop high-performance C++ functional models of AMD SoCs and platforms.
- Develop high-performance Instruction Set Simulators (ISS) for modern CPU architectures.
- Work closely with architecture, design and verification teams to understand, model and test new designs.
- Improve functionality, stability, and performance of existing models.
- Develop tests to verify the functionality of models.
- Work with internal and external customers to help debug problems running their workloads on the models.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:- High-performance system and application software development in C/C++ for Windows and/or Linux environments.
- Deep knowledge of modern CPU architecture such as x86, ARM, RISCV, or others.
- Development experience with JIT-based or other high-performance software simulator/emulator technology.
- Hardware system architecture and subsystem interface protocols.
- Functional modeling, architecture simulation, or hypervisor development.
- Knowledge and/or development experience with event-based simulators such as QEMU, VirtualBox, SIMICS, or similar.
- Development experience with CPU and/or GPU performance modelling
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
LOCATION: Austin, TX
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