Physical Design Engineer

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Responsibilities

THE ROLE:

Implementing and supporting Synthesis and Place&Route Flows for a world-class Physical Design team working on IC’s targeted for Gaming Consoles, Hand-Held Gaming , Ultra-thin Laptops, etc..

You will work with the support of an excellent AMD CAD organization, and on the most advanced Tools, Flows, and Tech nodes.

THE PERSON

The ideal candidate is a recognized technical leader with a proven track record of delivering high-quality silicon across multiple successful tape-outs. You are equally comfortable solving challenging technical problems, mentoring engineers, driving execution across global teams, and influencing methodology direction.

You possess strong communication skills and can effectively engage customers, project leadership, methodology teams, and senior management while maintaining focus on execution excellence.

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

Setting up and supporting flows for:

• Block level synthesis
• Design-for-Power using Industry Standard Tools and Methods
• Place and Route, Clock Tree Synthesis
• ECO flow for timing and functional fixes
• Physical Design verification and analysis flow
• Optimize Physical Design Techniques to optimize for Power, Performance, and/or Area
• Enable Physical Design flows in new Technology nodes
• Updated tool versions and settings to support new nodes
• Support Physical Design Teams with critical Implementation challenges

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/ Electronics/Computer Engineering or a directly related discipline.

Your expertise must be in one, or more, of the following areas:

• ASIC physical design implementation
• Block level implementation (Place and Route), which includes Floorplanning, Timing Closure and Physical Verification
• Physical Design verification signoff techniques such as Formal equivalence, IR&EM, Timing Closure (STA), Physical verification, VSI, Formal Equivalence Check or LEC, etc.
• Use of Industry Standard tools for CAD flow development and methodology practicing Auto Place and Route and Strategies for Static Timing Analysis
• Power, Performance and Area (PPA) optimization techniques
• Proficiency in Debugging CAD Flow issues using Industry standard Silicon Design tools: from Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor Graphics ( Fusion Complier, Synopsys ICC2, Innovus, Primetime, Spyglass, RedHawk, VSI, Calibre etc.)

Location

• Markham, ON

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