Cloud-Scale ML Hardware Design Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a hands-on hardware design engineer to lead block-level implementation for data-center devices like AWS Inferentia.

You will drive synthesis, floor planning, and place-and-route while coordinating with RTL, Package Design, and DFT teams to improve quality, cost, and performance. The role requires strong expertise in EDA flows, sign-off activities, and practical experience with IP integration in the physical domain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Block Design using EDA tools including synthesis, equivalency verification, floor planning, bus/pin planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, and ECO.
• Deep understanding on sign-off activities (timing, ir/em, physical verification).

Responsibilities

• Drive block physical implementation through synthesis, floor planning, bus/pin planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, ECO and sign-off.
• Develop cloud infrastructure to support physical design work.
• Drive improvement in RTL2GDS flows/methodology for PPA and TAT improvement.
• Create Dashboard/central reports for project tracking and visualizing QoR/stats.
• Interface directly with RTL, Package Design, DFT and other teams to improve methodologies and efficiencies and drive efforts to resolution.
• Work with EDA tool vendors to evaluate new tools, solve bugs, improve usability, etc.

Skills

Block Design

Synthesis

Floor planning

Place & route

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Mentor Graphics

Synopsys

Job description

Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a hands-on hardware design engineer to lead block-level implementation for data-center devices like AWS Inferentia.

You will drive synthesis, floor planning, and place-and-route while coordinating with RTL, Package Design, and DFT teams to improve quality, cost, and performance. The role requires strong expertise in EDA flows, sign-off activities, and practical experience with IP integration in the physical domain.