Originally posted 12 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a CPU Core RTL Design Engineer on the central core RTL team, you will design and optimize processor cores supporting products across client, server, and AI platforms. You will contribute to core pipeline logic and microarchitecture features, with opportunities to focus on areas such as load/store or decode.
What you'll do
- Design and implement RTL for CPU core pipeline components and related logic.
- Contribute to microarchitecture definition for processor cores.
- Collaborate with architecture, verification, and performance teams to deliver optimized designs.
- Analyze and improve performance, power, and timing characteristics.
- Support design verification, synthesis, timing closure, and physical design efforts.
- Debug and resolve pre-silicon and post-silicon issues.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with Verilog or SystemVerilog RTL development in CPU, SoC, or ASIC environments.
- Understanding of modern CPU architecture, including out-of-order cores.
- Experience with logic design and high-speed processor pipeline development.
- Understanding of performance, power, and timing trade-offs in processor design.
Nice to have
- Experience with load / store, cache hierarchy, address translation / TLB, prefetch, branch prediction, or similar core subsystems.
- Knowledge of power-efficient and low-power design techniques, including timing and power optimization.
- Familiarity with synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure.
- Exposure to the full product lifecycle from architecture through post-silicon debug.
- Familiarity with physical design, scripting (Python, Tcl), and concepts such as DFT, clocking, reset, and power management.
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 67-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1058
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Median days since first seen
67 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$188k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (1058 roles · 105 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 91 | 1058 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 266 | 3599 · 122 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 55 d | 67 d (+12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $188k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 144 open roles · median 78 d
- AMD (this employer) · 88 open roles · median 58 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 54 d
- NVIDIA · 48 open roles · median 69 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 44 open roles · median 108 d
- Intel Corporation · 36 open roles · median 32 d
How we counted: 1058 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 105 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.