Staff FPGA Design Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 21, 2026. AMD scores A on the Alion truth index.
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THE ROLE:
As a design engineer in our FPD design team, you will be responsible for leading and optimizing the Fabric PPC in the Adaptive & Embedded Computing Group (AECG). You will be driving new ideas and capabilities in the programmable fabric in current and future products. You will be leading the evaluation of future architectures by closing working with Architecture and Manufacturing teams. You will enable test chip designs and provide technical direction for skilled design engineers to help evaluate and realize key IP and technologies. You will be reviewing IP designs for quality, performance, power, and cost. Additionally, you will interact with the various Silicon development teams including digital and analog circuit designers, custom layout designers, physical designers, integration teams, and sign-off teams.
THE PERSON:
A successful candidate will work with senior silicon design engineers, architects, and micro-architects of the fabric team. The candidate will be highly accurate and detail-oriented, possessing good communication and problem-solving skills.
KEY RESPONSIBLITIES:
- Execute in FPD team supporting Fabric research and development
- Enable new capabilities in the FPGA fabric to improve PPC
- Evaluate key new features in the fabric with deep understanding of software capabilities
- Design Reviews to reduce product risk, improve PPC and schedule
- Evaluate and develop yield improvement techniques
- Understand product roadmaps and enable new foundry technologies
- Leverage and deploy AMD solutions in the fabric
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Programmable logic fundamentals
- Next generation process and packaging technologies
- Binning and circuit margins, including VID, Aging
- Regulators, SRAM design, LUTs, NOCs, Clocking
- Circuit techniques for high performance and low power operations
- Industrial and automotive FUSA requirements
- Design for Manufacturing and Design for Debug
- Micro-architecture of dense, repeating structures
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering
LOCATION:
Penang, Malaysia
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.
THE ROLE:
As a design engineer in our FPD design team, you will be responsible for leading and optimizing the Fabric PPC in the Adaptive & Embedded Computing Group (AECG). You will be driving new ideas and capabilities in the programmable fabric in current and future products. You will be leading the evaluation of future architectures by closing working with Architecture and Manufacturing teams. You will enable test chip designs and provide technical direction for skilled design engineers to help evaluate and realize key IP and technologies. You will be reviewing IP designs for quality, performance, power, and cost. Additionally, you will interact with the various Silicon development teams including digital and analog circuit designers, custom layout designers, physical designers, integration teams, and sign-off teams.
THE PERSON:
A successful candidate will work with senior silicon design engineers, architects, and micro-architects of the fabric team. The candidate will be highly accurate and detail-oriented, possessing good communication and problem-solving skills.
KEY RESPONSIBLITIES:
- Execute in FPD team supporting Fabric research and development
- Enable new capabilities in the FPGA fabric to improve PPC
- Evaluate key new features in the fabric with deep understanding of software capabilities
- Design Reviews to reduce product risk, improve PPC and schedule
- Evaluate and develop yield improvement techniques
- Understand product roadmaps and enable new foundry technologies
- Leverage and deploy AMD solutions in the fabric
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Programmable logic fundamentals
- Next generation process and packaging technologies
- Binning and circuit margins, including VID, Aging
- Regulators, SRAM design, LUTs, NOCs, Clocking
- Circuit techniques for high performance and low power operations
- Industrial and automotive FUSA requirements
- Design for Manufacturing and Design for Debug
- Micro-architecture of dense, repeating structures
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering
LOCATION:
Penang, Malaysia
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.