$145,000 - $246,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 May 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 6 November 2026.
About the role
AMD is hiring a Sr. Silicon Design Engineer to research, design, develop, and test electronic components and systems for ASIC development.
What you'll do
- Perform definition, design, verification, and documentation for ASIC development.
- Determine architecture design, logic design, and system simulation, including defining module interfaces and formats for simulation.
- Contribute to the development of multidimensional designs involving the layout of complex integrated circuits.
- Evaluate the process flow from high-level designs to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power use.
- Apply engineering principles, best practices, and design tools to the design, development, and testing of AMD products.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with hardware design, logic and circuit design, and CMOS transistor design.
- Experience with RTL Design and coding using Verilog/VHDL.
- Experience with ASIC design, submicron ASIC design flows, and design flows and methodologies used for chip verification.
- Experience with ASIC design tools (synthesis, simulation, equivalence checking, and static timing analysis) and Front-End EDA tools.
- Experience with physical design (PD) process and Python.
Skills: ASIC development, logic design, system simulation, Verilog, timing and power
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This role has been open 181 days — well above the 62-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1084
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Median days open
62 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$188k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (1084 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 86 | 1084 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 265 | 3526 · 120 employers |
| Median days open | 47 d | 62 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $188k |
Skills observed across this category: ASIC development, logic design, system simulation, Verilog, timing and power
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 140 open roles · median 72 d
- Synopsys · 92 open roles · median 49 d
- AMD (this employer) · 78 open roles · median 48 d
- NVIDIA · 45 open roles · median 62 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 45 open roles · median 105 d
- Analog Devices · 41 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 1084 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 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 — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.