Physical Design Engineer (Power Optimization) Job Listing at AMD in Markham, ON (Job ID 38705-en-us)

Description

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THE ROLE:

Physical Design's Power Optimization is critical hot topic in IC Physical design. In this position, you will work with global physical design team for AMD AI accelerator/GPU/APU chips physical design power optimization/reduction. Focus on physical design methodologies implementation to improve chip power consumption, from Synthesize to place & route. The individual is expected to be an expert in digital physical design, it is a plus to have strong ability in Front-End or RTL coding experience or Synthesis. The individual is expected to know back-end physical design very well.

THE PERSON:

Strong self-motivation for technical topics, quick and deep learner, strong communication skill within global engineering team, strong team spirit help and support team members.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement state-of-art physical design power optimization methodologies into SOC project
• Maintain and enhance the power optimization methodologies in physical design flow
• Closely collaborate with SOC project design team, help/support/drive them to adopt the physical design power optimization methodology

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Extensive experience in physical design in digital ASIC chips
• Strong PnR, STA, IR/EM, PV knowledge/experience
• Be familiar with physical design power optimization methodologies, (eg. Clock-gating, power-gating, activity aware PnR, power friendly floorplan, DVFS, multibit re-banking de-banking, scan path power, etc.)
• Expertise in Back-End (physical design) EDA tools, especially the power calculation/optimization tools, PTPX
• Strong flow develop and custom script develop ability
• Successfully gone through several complete product development cycles
• Works well with cross-functional teams
• Good communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and the flexibility

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• Master's in Electrical Engineering with extensive industrial experience in ASIC design is preferred

LOCATION:

Markham, Canada

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