Senior Staff DFT & Power Methodology Engineer

AMD; Markham; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD in Markham, Ontario seeks a senior physical design power methodology engineer to drive power-aware implementation across the PD space, from synthesis to routing, interfacing with RTL teams and libraries. You will optimize perf per watt and establish global methodologies across flows, with a passion for challenging problems.

The role requires strong experience in sub-micron design, CPU/GPU awareness, and hands-on use of power-analysis tools.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
• Mastery of logic and circuit design with CAD tools for high-performance design.
• Experience with power-analysis and measurement approaches is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive IP physical implementation recipes from synthesis to route to achieve the best performance/watt.
• RTL and PD co-development to identify bottlenecks.
• Budgeting, measurement, analysis and tracking of power-consumption.
• Establish global methodologies and best-known physical implementation recipes for optimal performance/watt across library/flow/Synthesis/P&R environment.
• Create guidelines on power sign-off methodologies.

Skills

Power optimization

Power analysis

High performance clocking

Scripting (Perl/Tcl/Python)

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering

CAD tools mastery for high-performance design

Tools

PrimePower

Power Artist

PrimePower RTL

Job description

AMD in Markham, Ontario seeks a senior physical design power methodology engineer to drive power-aware implementation across the PD space, from synthesis to routing, interfacing with RTL teams and libraries. You will optimize perf per watt and establish global methodologies across flows, with a passion for challenging problems.

The role requires strong experience in sub-micron design, CPU/GPU awareness, and hands-on use of power-analysis tools.