Cpu Core High Performance Physical Design Engineer

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · Austin, TX · Engineering

This role is for a CPU Core High Performance Physical Design Engineer at AMD. The engineer will be responsible for owning a portion of the core from Synthesis to a Placed and Routed design, working with external disciplines like CAD, DFT, and Architecture. Key responsibilities include implementing logic and transistor level circuit design, innovating for lower power and higher performance, preparing schedules, and making technical recommendations.

What you'd actually do

  1. own a portion of the core in which you will start with Synthesis and deliver a Placed and Routed design that meets all required criteria.
  2. Implement working knowledge of principles of logic and transistor level circuit design, CAD tools and expertise in one of many functional areas (e.g., clocks, standard cell libraries, synthesis, place and route, electrical analysis, etc.).
  3. Innovate and improve the design. Point out lower power and higher performance tradeoffs.
  4. Preparing schedules and scope several months in advance, such as building the analysis schedule for a given flow step or setting the delivery of a circuit macro across the project.
  5. Prepare well thought out recommendations for technical reviews (e.g., design tradeoffs, bringing a list of various options to a technical review, then submitting a strong recommendation).

Skills

Required

  • logic and transistor level circuit design
  • CAD tools
  • synthesis
  • place and route
  • electrical analysis
  • scheduling
  • technical review preparation

Nice to have

  • high-performance design