Role & seniority: Verification Engineer (graphics processor IP); emphasis on problem solving, collaboration, and ownership with potential mentorship responsibilities.

Stack/tools: Digital design verification; SystemVerilog and UVM; Verilog; test environments (VCS, Cadence, Mentor Graphics); Unix/Linux; scripting (Perl, Shell, Ruby); experience with directed/random verification, test plans, metrics/coverage, and automation in distributed compute.

Top 3 responsibilities

Collaborate with architects, hardware, and firmware to understand features and build comprehensive test plans; develop directed and random verification tests.
Debug test failures, determine root causes, and drive resolution with RTL and stakeholders; review and improve coverage metrics.
Coordinate small teams on shared product delivery, mentor junior engineers, and manage test-environment changes and related timelines.

Must-have skills

Digital design verification experience; strong SystemVerilog and UVM skills; proficient Verilog.
Experience with functional verification tools (VCS; Cadence/Mentor as optional); Unix/Linux proficiency; scripting (Perl, Shell, Ruby).
Ability to own tasks end-to-end (specs, test plan, enablement, coverage closure); good communication and collaboration.

Nice-to-haves

Experience maintaining or building verification environments; leadership or mentorship experience.
Computer architecture knowledge (including cache coherency); experience with

Full Description

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

The focus of this role is to plan, build, and execute the verification of new and existing features for AMD’s graphics processor IP, resulting in no bugs in the final design.

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/time zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, and firmware engineers to understand the new features to be verified
Build test plan documentation, accounting for interactions with other hardware features/components
Estimate the time required to write the new feature tests and any required changes to the test environment, and drive and own tracked related activities
Build the directed and random verification tests
Debug test failures to determine the root cause; work with RTL and stakeholders to resolve design defects and correct any test issues
Review functional and code coverage metrics – modify or add tests or constrain random tests to meet the coverage requirements
Coordinate small teams focused on shared product delivery, and mentor junior engineers
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
Experience in Digital Design Verification
Strong skills with System Verilog and UVM. Good skills with Verilog.
Exposure to both maintaining an existing Verification Environment as well as creating one from scratch.
Strong skills with functional verification tools by VCS, optional with Cadence, Mentor Graphics.

Experience delivering design features/functionalities on all stages: specs, test plan, enablement, functional/code coverage closure Strong ownership and drive capabilities, with limited guidance Experience working in a Unix/Linux environment. Good scripting skills (Perl, Shell, Ruby). Exposure to leadership or mentorship Good computer architecture, cache coherency knowledge Experience working with complex designs (not just I2C and other similar designs) Exposure to simulation profile, efficiency improvement, acceleration Exposure to automating workflows in a distributed compute environment.

Design Verification Engineer