DSP Field Applications Engineer

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The Role

The DSP FAE will be responsible for DSP based designs supporting our AMD FPGA and Adaptive SoC customers.  Some travel is required.  The applicant can be located in any city in North America as long as they have access to an airport within reasonable distance, preferably in the US on the West Coast.  The Specialist FAE is responsible for DSP related technical interaction with our customers and factory experts to maximize our programmable solutions presence in our customer systems.

THE PERSON:

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• Excellent problem-solving, time-management, prioritization, and organizational skills, able to lead complex problems, involving multi-disciplined, multi-functional teams and many priorities at once
• Excellent collaborative skills, and ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills and demonstrated success in building strong technical relationships (internal: Sales, Marketing, Engineering and external: OEM)

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide deep technical expertise for diverse applications such as RADAR, EW, communications, image processing, etc.
• Provide deep technical support and training to customers in their selection and use of AMD DSP development tools, silicon and IP products that ensure success
• Provide technical leadership and guidance that focuses on design win strategies for all customer opportunities
• Analyze customer needs, compare and contrast AMD Embedded and competitive solutions in order to maximize the customers use of our products
• Collaborate with field and factory resources to develop and deliver technical proposals to customer project managers, engineering managers, system architects and design engineers
• Code and implement convincing proof of concept DSP designs to demonstrate efficient use of AMD technology and competitive advantages to secure design wins
• Create new or use existing presentation and demonstration material to craft and deliver presentations and demos on AMD Embedded products, tools, and methodologies that align with customers’ needs
• Provide regular feedback to our internal management and factory experts on the needs of the customer base

Job Requirements:  

• 5 years of industry experience with DSP based architecture definition, design, and support (FPGA silicon design knowledge a plus)
• In depth knowledge of EDA tools for DSP designs.
  • Experience with Matlab, Simulink, etc. required
  • Understanding of Vivado and Vitis is a plus
• In depth knowledge of DSP design – examples include multi-rate processing, super sample rate techniques, FIR, FFT, DUC, DDC, matrix math, etc.
• Fundamental knowledge of VHDL or Verilog design for ASIC and FPGA a plus
• Understanding of both hardware and software development process for FPGA-based SoCs
• Experience with C or C required
  • TCL, OpenCL and/or Python experience is a plus
• Fundamental knowledge of Machine Learning, DNN, CNN is a plus
• Embedded processor knowledge is a plus
• Technical knowledge of GPU and CPU architectures and tradeoffs is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong presentations skills, and the ability to work with multiple groups
• Willingness to learn, research, and engage in areas where applicant is not already well versed

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

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