Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer (CORES)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 2, 2026. AMD scores B on the Alion truth index.
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SENIOR STAFF PHYSICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
- Location: Dublin or Cork
The Role:
We are seeking a seasoned Physical Design Engineerwith expertisein Microprocessor Design and Design Techniques. You are meticulous about Power, Performance and Area while balancing the business needs. This senior role will stretch you as you lead the physical design team to help create new designfor AMD.
The Person:
- You have excellent communication and presentation skills, demonstratedthrough technical publications, presentations, trainings, executive briefings, etc.
- You are highly adept at collaboration among top-thinkers and engineers alike, ready to mentor and guide, and help to elevate the knowledge and skills of the team around you.
- You are experienced in leading teams of senior engineers
Key Responsibilities:
- Primary technical contact for your focus area
- Pro-actively works with peers in technology and design reviews
- Quantify impacts of technology issues in design reviews
- Work cross functionally across CPU Cores team to identifyand assess complex technical issues/risks, and develop solutions
- Work closely with Design teams for Area and Floorplan refinement, Timing targets, Power targets.
- Use AI to enhance your own productivityand contribute inthe building of Agentic AI tools to improve productivity of the larger team.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience technically leading junior engineers.
- Experienced in high-speed microprocessor designs
- Full-Chip Floorplanning
- Full-Chip Timing
- DRC/LVS at partition and/or Full-Chip Level
- Ability to create new designideas and flow
- Knowledge of current sub-micro technologies
- Solid understanding Physical Design tools and flows or custom circuit design
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Electrical Engineering Degree with 5+ years of experience preferred
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.
AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
SENIOR STAFF PHYSICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
- Location: Dublin or Cork
The Role:
We are seeking a seasoned Physical Design Engineerwith expertisein Microprocessor Design and Design Techniques. You are meticulous about Power, Performance and Area while balancing the business needs. This senior role will stretch you as you lead the physical design team to help create new designfor AMD.
The Person:
- You have excellent communication and presentation skills, demonstratedthrough technical publications, presentations, trainings, executive briefings, etc.
- You are highly adept at collaboration among top-thinkers and engineers alike, ready to mentor and guide, and help to elevate the knowledge and skills of the team around you.
- You are experienced in leading teams of senior engineers
Key Responsibilities:
- Primary technical contact for your focus area
- Pro-actively works with peers in technology and design reviews
- Quantify impacts of technology issues in design reviews
- Work cross functionally across CPU Cores team to identifyand assess complex technical issues/risks, and develop solutions
- Work closely with Design teams for Area and Floorplan refinement, Timing targets, Power targets.
- Use AI to enhance your own productivityand contribute inthe building of Agentic AI tools to improve productivity of the larger team.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience technically leading junior engineers.
- Experienced in high-speed microprocessor designs
- Full-Chip Floorplanning
- Full-Chip Timing
- DRC/LVS at partition and/or Full-Chip Level
- Ability to create new designideas and flow
- Knowledge of current sub-micro technologies
- Solid understanding Physical Design tools and flows or custom circuit design
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Electrical Engineering Degree with 5+ years of experience preferred
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.
AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.