AMD · 1 week ago
Platform Emulation Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$157K/yr - $236K/yr
7+ years expAMD is a company focused on building innovative products that enhance next-generation computing experiences. They are seeking a Platform Emulation Engineer to develop emulation infrastructure and support validation teams for their Data Center GPU organization, specifically for high-performance computing and machine learning products.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingComputerEmbedded SystemsGPUHardwareSemiconductor
Responsibilities
CPU/GPU Firmware/OS bring up and debug using leading edge emulators (Veloce, Zebu, Palladium)
Develop/modify/enhance functional/stress tests to find silicon bugs on emulator
Interface with Central Emulation team responsible for helping to develop, debug and establish CPU/GPU Emulation environment
Provide debug leadership, input to test plans and hands on execution
Work with extended teams to debug environment, drive cross team testing (Firmware, Software, Diags/tools, Validation, Apps)
Triage failures with design, verification, firmware, software, and emulation teams
Research and enable new tools and infrastructure to support emulation activities
Run and collect data for analysis on AMD’s high-end emulators and simulation models
Develop scripts/tools to parse data from emulation runs
Instrument firmware code to support failure debug
Run and collect functional and performance data for HPC/AI ML workloads
Attend weekly meetings, status communication, presentations
Qualification
Required
Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering + 7-10 years relevant experience
CPU/GPU Firmware/OS bring up and debug using leading edge emulators (Veloce, Zebu, Palladium)
Develop/modify/enhance functional/stress tests to find silicon bugs on emulator
Interface with Central Emulation team responsible for helping to develop, debug and establish CPU/GPU Emulation environment
Provide debug leadership, input to test plans and hands on execution
Work with extended teams to debug environment, drive cross team testing (Firmware, Software, Diags/tools, Validation, Apps)
Triage failures with design, verification, firmware, software, and emulation teams
Research and enable new tools and infrastructure to support emulation activities
Run and collect data for analysis on AMD's high-end emulators and simulation models
Develop scripts/tools to parse data from emulation runs
Instrument firmware code to support failure debug
Run and collect functional and performance data for HPC/AI ML workloads
Attend weekly meetings, status communication, presentations
Preferred
Solid experience working on emulation platforms such as Veloce, Zebu, or Palladium (compilation, debug, performance, and throughput tuning)
Debugging experience is a must particularly in HW/SW co-debug environments
Ability to trace code across multiple domains and root cause using waveforms and other tracing tools
Understanding of Verilog, VHDL design
Understanding of System Verilog, UVM verification environments is a plus
Knowledge of computer hardware architecture (Graphic card, CPU/APU, memory, bus logic, and display technologies)
Knowledge of computer software architecture and boot flow (bootrom, firmware, bios, device drivers, OS)
Knowledge of HPC, Parallel programming (OpenMP, OpenMPI), heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPU and GPU a plus
Networking, ethernet experience a plus
Working knowledge of Linux/Unix environment and shell scripting
Experience in Building and Installing software packages on Linux platform a plus
Experience writing/building ML systems is a plus
Programming skills, C, C++, Python, Tcl, Ruby, assembly (ARM & x86)
Familiarity with bug tracking tools such as Jira
Excellent oral and written communication skills
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