Senior Virtual Software Modeling Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
Cambridge
1 year ago
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WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING We care deeply about transforming lives with AMD technology to enrich our industry, our communities, and the world. Our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences – the building blocks for the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming and embedded. Underpinning our mission is the AMD culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. AMD together we advance_ 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 Model Development 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 for AMD SoCs and platforms. Work closely with architecture teams to understand and model 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. Develop new, innovative debug features. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE OR DESIRE TO LEARN: High-performance system and application software development in C/C++ for Windows and/or Linux environments. Hardware system architecture and subsystem interface protocols. x86, ARM or GPU architecture, drivers, and applications. Linux and/or Windows kernel debugging. Functional modeling, architecture simulation, or hypervisor development. QEMU, VirtualBox, or SIMICS. #LI-HS3 #LI-HYBRID 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.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 Model Development 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 for AMD SoCs and platforms. Work closely with architecture teams to understand and model 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. Develop new, innovative debug features. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE OR DESIRE TO LEARN: High-performance system and application software development in C/C++ for Windows and/or Linux environments. Hardware system architecture and subsystem interface protocols. x86, ARM or GPU architecture, drivers, and applications. Linux and/or Windows kernel debugging. Functional modeling, architecture simulation, or hypervisor development. QEMU, VirtualBox, or SIMICS. #LI-HS3 #LI-HYBRIDBenefits 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.

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