Senior Physical Design Engineer

6 days ago


Portland, Oregon, United States Amazon Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Physical Design Engineer to join our Hardware Compute Group at Amazon Lab126. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for driving architectural feasibility studies, exploring power-performance-area tradeoffs, and delivering quality first-pass silicon that meets all performance, power, and area goals.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work with RTL/logic designers to drive architectural feasibility studies and explore power-performance-area tradeoffs for physical design closure at the block and Sub System level.
  • Drive block physical implementation through synthesis, formal verification, floor planning, bus/pin planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, ECO, and sign-off.
  • Work closely with third-party design and fabrication services to deliver quality first-pass silicon that meets all performance, power, and area goals.
  • Contribute to developing physical design methodologies and be a highly-valued member of our start-up-like team through excellent collaboration and teamwork with other physical design engineers as well as with the RTL/Arch teams.
Requirements
  • BS in EE/CS or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in ASIC Physical Design from RTL-to-GDSII in FINFET technologies such as 5nm/7nm, 14/16nm.
  • Expertise using CAD tools (examples: Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, or Others) to block design for synthesis, formal verification, floor planning, bus/pin planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, and ECO.
  • Scripting experience with Tcl, Perl, or Python and ability to drive physical design flow automation.
Preferred Qualifications
  • MS or PhD degree in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills.
  • Expertise using CAD tools (examples: Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, or Others) to develop flows for synthesis, formal verification, floor planning, bus/pin planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, and ECO.
  • 7+ years of experience in integrating IP and ability to specify and drive IP requirements in the physical domain.
  • Thorough knowledge of device physics, custom/semi-custom implementation techniques.
  • Experience solving physical design challenges across various technologies such as CPU, DDR, PCIe, fabrics, etc.
  • Experience in extraction of design parameters, QOR metrics, and analyzing trends.
  • Experience with DFT & DFM flows.
  • Ability to provide mentorship, guidance to junior engineers and be a very effective team player.
About Amazon

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/disability-accommodations.

Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.



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