Digital Design Engineer- Front End Integration & Implementation

Advanced Micro Devices; Markham; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in York Region is seeking a Senior Physical Implementation Engineer. You will work on next-generation technologies for microprocessors and graphics cards, focusing on high-speed designs. The ideal candidate has strong experience in synthesis, floor-planning, and post-route timing closure, with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering. This role offers excellent growth opportunities in a diverse and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Strong industry experience in Synthesis, Floor-planning, Placement, and Post Route Timing closure for high-speed designs.
• Experience with CDC, PTPX, STA, LINT & DFT, IP, and Physical design flow.

Responsibilities

• Focus on physical implementation aspects of next generation IPs.
• Drive physical design flow to achieve best PPA and shorten development schedule.
• Work on cutting-edge I/O protocols for best physical implementation.

Skills

Synthesis

Floor-planning

Placement

Clock trees synthesis

Post Route Timing closure

Scripting in TCL

Scripting in Python

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering

Job description

Overview

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING. At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career.

The Role

In this role you will be given an opportunity to work on the next generation technology that will be part of future AMD Microprocessors powering Servers and Personal Computers as well as Graphics Cards and VR sets. The DXIO FEINT/Implementation team is responsible for synthesis, place & route, timing closure/CDC/LINT/DFx for very high speed (>2G) design with complex I/O clocking.

The Person

As a senior member of the team, you will be working with a diverse team of physical design engineers, RTL design engineers, and managers from NBIO IP team. You will drive physical implementation of IP through the entire physical design flow to achieve best PPA, while shortening the overall development schedule. This role provides an excellent growth opportunity for robust individuals looking to make a difference. This is an exciting time to join the AMD team!

Key Responsibilities

• Looking for an experienced professional who will focus on all physical implementation aspects of next generation IPs. This team deals with multiple I/O protocols including PCIe, SATA, Ethernet & Infinity Fabric link-layer.
• This team is a group of highly experienced ASIC design engineers working on High speed (>2G) designs with very complex clocking infrastructures. The team owns implementation activities including Synthesis & DFT, floorplan, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, STA closure.
• The team will work on cutting edge IP for these I/O protocols to achieve physical implementation with best PPA, including developing reference floorplans, implementation scripts for SoCs worldwide, and support SoCs worldwide.

Preferred Experience

• Strong industry experience in Synthesis, Floor-planning, Placement, clock trees synthesis, Post Route Timing closure for high-speed >=2GHz designs.
• CDC, PTPX, STA, LINT & DFT, IP, Physical design flow & scripting in TCL, Python

Academic Credentials

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/ Electrical Engineering

Location: Markham

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