Staff Silicon Design Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices; Penang; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company is seeking a Physical Design Engineer in Penang, Malaysia. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in EDA tools and programming, with a passion for semiconductor technology. Key responsibilities include design synthesis, analysis, and collaboration with RTL engineers. A Bachelor's or Master's in Electronic or Electrical Engineering is required. The role offers a collaborative environment focused on innovation and personal growth.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Capable of independently driving tasks with excellent quality.
• Experience collaborating across different sites or time zones.

Responsibilities

• Perform logical and physical synthesis of design blocks.
• Analyze design to ensure functionality and performance requirements.
• Define design constraints and resolve timing issues.
• Collaborate with RTL engineers to fix timing problems.

Skills

EDA tools familiarity

TCL/shell/perl/python programming

Unix/Linux environment

Verilog/System Verilog familiarity

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering

Tools

Fusion Compiler

Prime Time

Formality

Job description

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

We are looking for an adaptive, self‑motivated physical design engineer to join our team. As a key contributor, you will be part of an engineering team to drive and improve AMD’s abilities to deliver the MI/Navi series of GPU products to market. The Frontend integration (FEINT) Engineering team, as part of GE SoC team, furthers and encourages continuous technical innovation to showcase successes as well as facilitate continuous career development.

THE PERSON

You have a passion for cutting‑edge semiconductor technology, digital design, and physical design in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites or time zones. You have strong analytical and problem‑solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design synthesis: Performing logical and physical synthesis of blocks
• Design analysis: Analyzing and verifying that the design meets requirements for functionality, performance, and area
• Design constraints: Defining synthesis design constraints and resolving STA issues
• Timing analysis: Analyzing timing arc and liberty quality, and providing suggestions for fixing timing violations
• Design quality checks: Completing all design quality checks and data quality checks (CDC/RDC/LINT/No clock flops etc)
• Collaboration: Working with RTL engineers to fix timing issues
• Tool evaluation: Driving new tool evaluation and methodology refinement
• ECO Implementation: Develop/enhance auto ECO generation scripts for timing closure and ECO implementation
• Power: Low power optimizations/UPF
• Scripting for daily task automation and data analysis

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Familiar with EDA tools (Fusion compiler, Prime Time, Formality, Conformal Lec, Conformal ECO, cdc0in, VC spyglass etc)
• Good at TCL/shell/perl/python programming
• Familiar with Unix/Linux environment
• Familiar with Verilog, System Verilog
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with pronounced attention to detail
• Capable of independently driving tasks and activities to completion in an organized and timely manner with excellent quality

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electronic engineering/Electrical Engineering.
LOCATION

Penang, Malaysia

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.