Microprocessor VLSI Physical Design Engineer

About the role

The Cores Organization at AMD delivers industry-leading CPU's and caches that form the backbone of AMD's server, client, and gaming businesses. We are seeking an experienced VLSI physical design engineer to join our innovative team.

Responsibilities

• High-speed VLSI design in deep submicron fabrication processes
• Work closely with chip architects and designers across multiple sites to optimize power, performance, area, and schedule
• Solve design and tool problems requiring groundbreaking approaches and champion innovation across the organization
• Create technical presentations for peers and management

Requirements

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to details
• Self-motivated and committed to meeting deadlines
• Push the envelope on chip performance and challenge the status quo

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in high-speed VLSI design
• Excellent understanding of computer architecture, hardware concepts, and design tradeoffs
• Knowledge of chip-level floor planning, bus/pin planning, clock tree synthesis, placement, optimization, routing, parasitic extraction, static timing analysis, IR drop analysis, electromigration, physical verification, and sign-off
• Comprehend complex Verilog RTL and make minor modifications for timing or power
• Knowledge of digital circuits, high-speed flops, synchronizers, level shifters, and SRAM
• Familiarity with programming languages such as Perl, C, Tcl, etc.

Skills

• BS/MS in EE, CS, CSE (or similar), plus 5+ years hardware design experience

Benefits

AMD offers competitive benefits including:

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities