Physical Design Engineer

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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 PERSONThe 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 with 8+ years of physical design experience. OR a Master’s degree in same fields with 4+ years of physical design experience. OR a PhD degree in same fields with 2+ years of physical design experience:
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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