Originally posted 12 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a CPU Core RTL Design Engineer within AMD's central core RTL team, you will design and optimize processor cores supporting products across client, server, and AI platforms. You will develop core pipeline logic and microarchitecture features, with scope spanning 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/SystemVerilog RTL development in CPU, SoC, or ASIC environments.
- Understanding of modern CPU architecture, especially out-of-order cores.
- Experience with logic design and high-speed processor pipeline development.
- Experience debugging and optimizing designs in collaboration with performance and verification teams.
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 (e.g., 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 66-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1070
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Median days since first seen
66 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$187k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (1070 roles · 105 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 93 | 1070 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 268 | 3617 · 122 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 59 d | 66 d (+7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $187k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 147 open roles · median 75 d
- AMD (this employer) · 92 open roles · median 58 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 53 d
- NVIDIA · 48 open roles · median 70 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 43 open roles · median 108 d
- Analog Devices · 36 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 1070 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 105 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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.