CPU Architecture and RTL Design Engineer - IE, Dublin, Ireland
Digital Design & SoC Architecture
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
What you'll do
- Collaborate with a dedicated team of engineers to define and implement CPL microarchitecture for AMD CPUs.
- Reliably deliver a design from concept through tapeout by innovating through complex and challenging requirements.
- Drive design closure gaining experience with Static Timing, CDC/Gate CDC, and Static Power analysis.
- Make technical contributions and innovations that enable high performance, high frequency, and power efficiency on caches, fabrics, and interfaces of our server, desktop, and laptop CPUs.
What you'll need
- Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering.
- Understanding of modern CPU architecture.
- Proficiency with Verilog HDL, Clock/Power Domain Crossing concepts, and Power Management concepts.
Nice to have
- Prior experience designing shared cache or last level cache and related IPs.
Market context
This role has been open 34 days — well below the 66-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1081
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Median days open
66 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (1081 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 79 | 1081 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 254 | 3328 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 45 d | 66 d (−21 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 158 open roles · median 63 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 40 d
- AMD (this employer) · 77 open roles · median 45 d
- Analog Devices · 49 open roles · median 56 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 44 open roles · median 100 d
- NVIDIA · 37 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 1081 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.