Senior Physical Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking a Design Engineer to drive physical implementation of next‑generation IPs for servers and GPUs. You will lead synthesis, floorplanning, placement and routing, ensuring best PPA and tight timing closure for multi‑GHz designs.

You will collaborate with RTL and NBIO teams, develop reference floorplans and scripts, and push SoCs worldwide toward aggressive schedules. A strong background in high‑speed ASIC design is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with synthesis, floorplanning and place/route for high‑speed designs.
• Familiarity with DF T, STA closure and clocking architectures.
• Background in ASIC physical design flow and scripting in TCL/Python.

Responsibilities

• Drive physical implementation of IP through the full physical design flow.
• Develop reference floorplans and implementation scripts for SoCs.
• Support global SoCs with high‑speed interfaces and tight timing budgets.

Skills

Synthesis

Floorplanning

Placement

Clock tree synthesis

Routing

STA

DFT

Education

B.E. or M.E in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMDis shapingthefuture.

Whetheryou’redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

THE ROLE:

In this role you will be given an opportunity to work on the nextgeneration 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/DFxfor very highspeed (>2G) design with complex I/O clocking.

THE PERSON:

As a Design Engineer, 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 bestPPA, while shortening the overalldevelopment schedule. This roleprovides 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 Design Engineer who will focus on all physical implementation aspects of next generation IPs.Th isteam 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& DF T, 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:

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

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• B. E. or M.E in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent)

LOCATION: Markham, Vancouver

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