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Amazon Sr. SOC Design Engineer - STA, Hardware Compute Group in San Diego, California
Description
The team that built the innovative Silicon IP AZ1 Neural Edge that is powering the latest generation of Echo devices is looking for a Sr. Physical Design Engineer to continue to innovate on behalf of our customers. We are a part of Amazon Lab126 that revolutionized reading with our Kindle family of products and reimagined user experience through Echo and Alexa. We want you to help us build on the success of our first generation of ML accelerator at edge.
Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Includes definition and development of signoff methodology and corresponding implementation solution
Flow for STA, Crosstalk Delay and Crosstalk Noise analysis for digital ASIC/SoCs.
Full chip timing constraints development, full chip / Sub-System STA and Signoff for a complex, multi-clock, multi-voltage SoC.
Streamlining the timing signoff criterions, timing analysis methodologies and flows.
Analyze and incorporate advance timing signoff flows (AOCV, POCV Based STA, IR Drop aware STA) into SoC timing signoff flow.
Work for Systems and Architecture, SoC Integration, Verification, DFT, Mixed Signal, IP owners, Synthesis, Place & Route and other local/remote teams to address the design challenges in the context of timing sign-off.
Concepts of CRPR, clock paths analysis and tweaks to meet timing.
Multi Corner and Multimode analysis.
Close timing at Signoff corners covering the entire modes, delay corners for cells and interconnects.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
San Diego, CA, USA | Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or higher in EE, CE, or CS
10+ years or more of practical semiconductor implementation experience
Scripting experience with Perl, Python, tcl, shell and drive to automate flows
Proficiency in chip front-end and back-end implementation tools such as Fusion compiler, Design Compiler, ICC2 or Innovus and Primetime, Tempus
Must have good communication and analytical skills.
Should be able to work closely with IP Design teams and Backend Physical Design teams across multiple sites.
Preferred Qualifications
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Experience with memory compiler
Experience with formal equivalence – Cadence Conformal/Synopsys Formality
Have in depth knowledge of entire design process from Design specification, defining architecture, micro-architecture, RTL design and functional verification
Experience with DFT and DFM flows
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.