Director, CPU Silicon Engineering
Core
Provide technical and organizational leadership for advanced CPU/core silicon engineering, spanning silicon development, validation, post-silicon execution, debug, and cross-functional coordination.
Role type
Director, CPU Silicon Engineering
Builds
Industry-leading CPUs, Caches, and Chiplets for AMD's server, client, and gaming business
Domain
Semiconductor / CPU Design
Required skills
CPU/SoC silicon design, validation, bring-up, diagnostics, debug, RTL design, verification, physical design, DFT, team leadership, cross-functional coordination, technical strategy, risk management, talent acquisition, organizational scaling
Preferred skills
Experience managing multiple silicon/product generations, developing senior technical leaders, communicating with executives, recruiting specialized engineering talent
Technologies
RTL, Design Verification, Physical Design, DFT, Silicon Validation, Test, Debug
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership across complex silicon design, validation, debug, and bring-up activities; Drive resolution of cross-functional technical issues spanning RTL, DV, physical design, DFT, diagnostics, and silicon validation; Maintain visibility into silicon readiness, engineering risks, execution dependencies, and issues requiring management attention; Participate in major program and methodology decisions affecting current and future CPU/core development; Provide leadership for post-silicon test, diagnostics, debug, and validation strategy; Ensure engineering teams have the infrastructure, test capability, and technical coordination needed to efficiently identify, isolate, and resolve silicon issues; Communicate post-silicon operational status, priorities, risks, and execution needs to senior leadership; Represent silicon engineering priorities in leadership forums; Coordinate technical planning and decision-making across current and future product generations; Balance immediate execution requirements against investments in methodology, automation, infrastructure, and longer-term engineering capability; Evaluate staffing needs against program execution requirements and technical capability gaps; Recruit and retain senior engineering talent for highly specialized silicon engineering roles; Develop technical leadership capacity within the engineering organization
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with people leadership
