STA Design Engineer (Static Timing Analysis)

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented ASIC Design STA Engineer to join their innovative team. In this dynamic role, you will be responsible for developing and verifying timing constraints for complex SoC designs, utilizing your expertise in SDC and EDA tools. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance RTL quality metrics and automate processes for improved efficiency. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of technology, contributing to the development of next-generation computing experiences. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about innovation, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in SDC development and debugging.
• Proficiency in front-end and back-end processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex multi-mode timing constraints for RTL and signoff.
• Maintain RTL quality metrics while automating processes for efficiency.

Skills

SDC expertise

EDA tool proficiency

TCL scripting

RTL quality metrics

analytical skills

problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Synopsys Design Compiler

Primetime

Spyglass

Fishtail

Job description

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THE ROLE:

AMD is looking for an ASIC Design STA engineer to contribute to the development of large SoCs, featuring multiple physical blocks and over 300 clock domains. The candidate's responsibilities will include building and verifying timing constraints for intricate SoC designs. This role demands a combination of SDC expertise, EDA tool proficiency, and TCL-based scripting abilities. The candidate should possess extensive experience in SDC (timing constraints) development and debugging, be familiar with enhancing various RTL quality metrics for complex, hierarchical designs, and be able to automate these processes for increased efficiency. Proficiency in both front-end (RTL) processes and back-end (Synthesis and P&R) processes is preferred.

THE PERSON:

High energy candidates with strong written and verbal communication skills, and structured, well-organized work habits will be successful. Team and goal oriented are essential.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the development of complex multi-mode / multi-corner timing constraints that are compatible for RTL and signoff.
• Lead the effort to maintain RTL quality metrics in complex, hierarchical designs, while automating the process for increased efficiency.
• Implement the pre-route timing checks and QoR clean up to eliminate SDC issues and ensure a quality handoff for STA checks.
• Collaborate with CAD on the development of pre-production synthesis (Design Compiler) and STA (Primetime) workflows.
• Require a blend of SDC expertise, proficiency in EDA tools, and Tcl based scripting abilities (in both EDA environment and standalone Linux Tcl shell scripts).
• Continuously review and identify areas for process improvements and early issue detection during the design phase.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Worked with EDA tools that enable RTL quality checks.
• Hands on experience in building the timing constraints for IPs, blocks and Full-chip implementation in both flat/hierarchical flows.
• Experience with analyzing the timing reports and identifying both the design and constraints related issues.
• Ability to multitask, grasp new flows/tools/ideas.
• Experience in improving the methodologies.
• Preferred EDA tool experience: Synopsys Design Compiler/Primetime, Spyglass, Fishtail etc.
• Prior experience developing complex TCL scripts in Synopsys Design Compiler (DC) and PrimeTime (PT).
• Writing custom TCL QC and QoR checks using DC/PT object attributes queries and filters.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

LOCATION: San Jose, CA

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