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# Sr. Silicon Design Engineer

- **Company:** Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Device Drivers, Electronic Design Automation, Perl (Programming Language), Oracle Virtual Machine, Systems Development Life Cycle, Ruby, Static Timing Analysis, Systems Architecture, Tcl (Programming Language), Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Backend, Git, Front End Software Development, Physical Design
- **Published:** August 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17965321?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17965321%2FSr-Silicon-Design-Engineer-California-Santa-Clara

## About the Role

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field

Qualifications: Amount and type of experience required: None.

Specific skills required: The following skills are required:

Position requires experience in the following:

 * Hardware verification;
 * Logic and circuit design;
 * CMOS transistor design;
 * SOC/system architecture;
 * RTL Design and coding;
 * Verilog/VHDL;
 * Graphics IP architecture verification;
 * Functional verification of microprocessors;
 * Physical design of deep submicron digital ASIC chips;
 * ASIC design tools (synthesis, simulation, equivalence checking, statis timing analysis);
 * Back-End (physical design) EDA tools and Front-End EDA tools;
 * Unix/Linux environments;
 * UVM, OVM, TCL, Perl, and Ruby;
 * GPU architecture and programming;
 * OS kernel and systems development;
 * Low-level device drivers;
 * Embedded driver development; and
 * Git.

Experience may be gained through graduate-level coursework, research, or internship experience.

Preferred Skills: N/A

#LI-AM4

## Description

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


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