Display Hardware Ip Validation Engineer (Markham)

THE ROLE

The AMD S3 Business Unit IP Systems Engineering team is seeking an energetic, dynamic, experienced Display IP Systems Engineer to join our growing team. You will drive the planning, pre‑silicon execution, validation, silicon bring‑up, and debug of AMD processor and graphics‑based systems while working closely with internal teams to meet product development milestones.

This role specifically focuses on driving the planning, validation, silicon bring‑up, and debug of AMD video encode/decode and display driver IP and related systems. Excellent collaboration and a broad knowledge of the system design lifecycle, spanning across pre‑silicon into post‑silicon validation, are required.

THE PERSON

You are a highly motivated, hands‑on engineer with a strong development background, problem‑solving mentality, excellent communication skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks while learning and adapting. Excellent teamwork skills and capability to lead a highly technical team are crucial.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in systems design development throughout the entire product lifecycle, from pre‑silicon and emulation through post‑silicon and software integration.
• Collaborate with Design, Software, Tools and other teams to drive the definition of testing and debug methodologies to provide the best possible coverage and customer experience for the AMD IP.
• Isolation and debug of issues found in Graphics IP during pre‑silicon, bring‑up, validation, and production phases of S3 products.
• Proactively support team culture that fosters knowledge sharing, excellence, and collaboration.
• Define and execute validation strategies, enablement of features and unit test plans.
• Publish and align test plan requirements and dependencies.
• Work closely with supporting teams such as design, diagnostics, driver, and project leadership.
• Drive and participate in technical innovations to enhance AMD's validation capabilities, including tool and script developments, technical and methodology enhancements.

REQUIREMENTS

• In‑depth knowledge of SOC architecture and concepts.
• In‑depth knowledge of hardware encode/decode and display driver hardware IP.
• In‑depth knowledge of Graphics hardware pipeline.
• Experience with graphics engines and rendering software pipelines.
• Experience with FPGA and other hardware emulation platforms for pre‑silicon debug.
• Strong understanding of BIOS, OS and driver‑level interactions and common failure points.
• Good understanding of Boot Flows/Sequences.
• Strong programming/scripting skills (Python, C/C++, Ruby).
• Experience with IP/System level bring‑up, SOC debug techniques and methodologies.
• Experience with common lab equipment, computer hardware, and networks.
• Led process improvement initiatives to improve engineering quality.
• Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills.
• Knowledge of standard power management features and use‑cases.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Multiple years of relevant semiconductor experience in pre‑silicon and post‑silicon validation of the display IP.
• Passion for computer gaming and driving game performance goals.
• Demonstrated ability to grasp new technical concepts quickly.
• Strong understanding of BIOS, OS and driver‑level interactions and common failure points.
• Strong analytical/problem‑solving skills and pronounced attention to details.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self‑starter, strong collaborator, and able to independently drive tasks to completion.
• Solid organizational skills and ability to handle multiple issues at the same time.
• Display driver hardware pipeline knowledge.
• Knowledge of GPU hardware architecture.
• Knowledge of graphics rendering pipeline.
• Familiarity with power management and power states.
• Strong programming/scripting skills (Python, C/C++, Ruby).
• Systems design development throughout the entire product lifecycle, from pre‑silicon and emulation through post‑silicon and software integration.
• Hardware architecture and expertise in systems design.
• Isolation and debug of issues found in Display IP during pre‑silicon, bring‑up, validation, and production phases.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field is strongly preferred.

BENEFITS

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EEO STATEMENT

AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third‑party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.