Senior Staff Digital Design Engineer

Job Description

Description

Xilinx is now part of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). 

At AMD, we push the boundaries of what is possible.  We believe in changing the world for the better by driving innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies – building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms, and the data center.

Developing great technology takes more than talent: it takes amazing people who understand collaboration, respect, and who will go the “extra mile” to achieve unthinkable results.  It takes people who have the passion and desire to disrupt the status quo, push boundaries, deliver innovation, and change the world.   If you have this type of passion, we invite you to take a look at the opportunities available to come join our team.

A talented senior staff digital design engineer is required to join the Packet Processing Solutions Group - an engineering team spanning sites in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Sweden. In doing this, the team works tightly with key customers. The team develops cutting edge products including:

1. Network search engine solutions

and

1. Compiler tools for generating packet processing designs

These products are aimed at making Data Centre Networking and Telecommunications solutions more effective. This is a highly strategic and important part of Xilinx’s business, targeting a set of customers that includes the most successful internet and cloud companies in the world.

The role involves work on all aspects of the FPGA design flow including architecture specification, RTL design, synthesis and verification. They will work as part of an experienced design team and will thus have enormous opportunities for learning and self-development. There are currently opportunities to work in areas including next generation mobile platforms (“5G”), deploying FPGA compute resources in the cloud and data centre acceleration. The position is likely to require some travel for customer visits.

Relevant capabilities

• Ability to communicate technical information in an organised and understandable fashion
• Problem solving and debugging skills
• Ability to meet work quality and schedule goals
• Ability to work very effectively within a team
• Determination to continuously improve work practices for higher productivity and higher quality results.
• Proven track record of delivering software projects that exceed customer quality expectations
• Packet processing experience
• Network search experience

This position will offer a strong career path within a fast-paced environment where you will develop your skills working with the latest cutting-edge FPGA technology, tools and next-generation architecture.

Skills Required

• Capability in defining innovative new products that solve real world problems and ability to deliver high quality, complex projects on time
• Assessing proposed features to determine feasibility
• Implementing designs (e.g., architecture, circuit design, RTL coding, synthesis, integration, verification, debugging, TCL coding, and timing analysis)
• Create an infrastructure to test designs in a hardware verification environment and run test scenarios
• Actively explore innovative design implementation tools or methods and their impact on design practices
• Ability to stay current with and propose the internal use of industry approaches, algorithms, and practices
• Experience in writing technical documentation, including Specifications, Test Plans and User Guides

Skills Desired

The following is a list of skills that are desirable but non-essential:

• System Verilog/UVM
• Ethernet and packet processing
• Wireless applications at layer 2 and below, e.g. baseband or radio
• Microprocessors, embedded systems and Software/ Firmware design

Additional Locations for role to be based: Cork OR Cambridge

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer or Electronic Engineering or similar qualification
• Minimum Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree + 8 years,
• Master’s degree + 7 years,
• PhD + 5 years