Silicon Design Engineer

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CAD SILICON DESIGN ENGINEER

THE ROLE:

This position for a CAD Engineer will be critical to shaping the next generation AMD products, the leader in GPU, CPU. It requires interfacing with large design teams across the globe and owning development & support for next generation synthesis, place and route flows. Successful candidate would be responsible for automation of PnR flows and methodologies for the 3nm & 2nm technology nodes as well as working closely with the EDA vendors to identify innovative solutions and track methodology issues.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/time zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for developing Place and Route methodologies for various designs at advanced technology nodes leveraging machine learning algorithms to automate, optimize, and refine the complex and time-consuming physical design tasks
• Deploy AI/ML solutions to identify productivity improvement opportunities in CAD flows
• Drive Optimizations in CAD flows & methodologies for PPA and TAT improvements
• Collaborate closely with EDA vendors to identify innovative solutions, resolve tool/methodology issues and enhance flow capabilities
• Interface with global CAD teams and design teams to support complex and collaborative development efforts
• Work seamlessly with synthesis, Low-power, STA, EM/IR, Physical Verification teams to achieve best-in-class PPA
• Script out utilities to automate different pieces of the implementation flow
• Be able to independently troubleshoot PNR flow usage and deploy solutions
• Fluent in scripting languages such as TCL, Python, etc. and able to build scalable and efficient flows to support parallel design developments

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Hands on experience in high-performance, low-power physical design implementation with industry standard synthesis, PnR, or Signoff tools
• Strong understanding of low-power flows includes UPF concepts, power-gating, isolation, level-shifter, voltage_areas, power-state tables, electrical checks using FM & VSI
• Experience in latest AI tools and flows would be a big plus
• CAD and Automation mindset
• Experience with machine learning
• Excellent verbal and written communications
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical thinking
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical thinking

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Master's/Bachelor's Degree in Electronics Engineering (Minor in Computer Science preferred)
• 7-12 years of experience in CAD flow and methodology development on advanced nodes such as 3nm & 2nm

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