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AMD is looking for an experienced Product Engineer with knowledge of HW/SW system design and methodology to help boost customer productivity and design performance across current Xilinx platforms and the industry's first adaptive compute acceleration platform Versal ACAP (7nm). Versal devices combine processors, programmable logic (FPGA) and new AI engines to deliver powerful heterogeneous acceleration for any application.
The Product Engineer position is in the Interactive Design Tools and FPGA compilation applications team, located in Edinburgh, Scotland, for a skilled and self-motivated engineer to focus on design tools specification, early validation, training, documentation and key customer support. The successful candidate will work closely with several Xilinx software R&D teams, including IP, infrastructure, flow and GUI to improve the Vivado design entry experience and to enable higher productivity for the next generation of designs across markets (5G, communication, test, acceleration, machine learning) and Xilinx devices.
Daily activities will include the following duties:
Assist with defining design tool specifications and propose creative solutions for future FPGA and ACAP SoC devices support or to solve existing persistent and pervasive customer issues
Adopt proper design methodology, and illustrate best practices via examples, tutorials and demos based on a diversity of HW designs and latest tool releases
Explore critical tool issues seen by customers and help identify workarounds and future enhancements
Track, prioritize, and assign reported tool issues to the appropriate engineering teams
Participate in cross functional meetings with other engineering, marketing and quality teams to ensure issues are resolved efficiently
Work closely with IP design teams to enhance their integration in Xilinx tools ecosystem while complying with recommended flows and methodologies
Author simple documentation tuned to the needs of the reader for their areas of expertise
Continuously learn about complimentary Xilinx technologies, such as Vitis, HLS, System SW, Alveo boards
Stay current with and proposing the internal use of industry approaches, algorithms, and practices
Education
MS or equivalent work experience in Electrical Engineering or similar technology area, with minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
Preferred skills andexperience
Customer Awareness: Has working knowledge of system design flows and expectations
Product Knowledge: Has working knowledge of FPGA or ASIC design processes, tools and flows, and has exposure to AXI protocols, system software dependencies, and Linux. Has hands-on experience with HDL, Tcl (or Python), physical implementation flows and verification tools
Design Enablement: Experience with verification methodologies, and demo creation
Problem Solving: Assist with solving system level issues, internally and with tier-1 customers
Technical Communication: Can simplify and communicate complex subjects, by articulating options, trade-offs, and clarifying potential usability impacts
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Requisition Number:152970
Country:United KingdomProvince:ScotlandCity:Edinburgh
Job Function:Product Engineering
