Staff Physical Design Engineer

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The Role

The focus of this role is to plan, build, and execute the physical design of new and existing features for AMD's IP, resulting in a quality database for the final deliveries.

The Person

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

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement plans to synthesize, implement Design-For-Test (DFT) and close timing on complex digital integrated circuits.
• Work with various design groups across different disciplines (Logic, Circuits, DFT & Layout) to meet timing closure, area, power, and performance requirements.
• Design, implement and maintain synthesis, DFT and Static Timing Analysis scripts using best-in-class methodologies.
• Analyze log and report files to ensure the tools are getting the required results and make adjustments to the scripts to get the required results within the scheduled milestones.
• Communicate regularly with the project teams world-wide to resolve issues and to ensure meeting targeted goals and schedule.
• Provide/propose new/enhance synthesis, DFT and STA flow and methodology to reduce the development TAT to meet product requirements.

Preferred Experience

Proficient in IP level ASIC physical design including hierarchical implementation. Proficient in using physical design RTL2GDS EDA tools and working in Linux and Windows environments. Experienced with Verilog, System Verilog, C, and C++. Automating workflows in a distributed compute environment. Good understanding and hands-on experience in timing constraints development. Scripting language experience: Perl, TCL, Makefile, shell preferred. Exposure to leadership or mentorship is an asset.

Academic Credentials

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering.

Location

Singapore

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