Amazon - Sunnyvale, CA
posted 2 months ago
The Sr. Physical Design Engineer position at Amazon's Hardware Compute Group is a pivotal role that focuses on the development and innovation of cutting-edge silicon IP, particularly in the context of machine learning accelerators at the edge. This position is part of Amazon Lab126, a team known for its groundbreaking work on products like the Kindle and Echo. The successful candidate will be instrumental in enhancing the performance and efficiency of System on Chips (SoCs) through collaboration with various teams, including architecture, timing, and logic design. In this role, the engineer will engage in a variety of tasks that include I/O planning, bump and redistribution layer (RDL) planning, hard IP integration, and partitioning. The engineer will also be responsible for pin and feedthrough planning, repeater insertion, and power grid generation. A significant aspect of the job involves ensuring that the design is optimized for testability, which includes bus routing and sequential pipeline planning. The engineer will drive improvements in the overall physical design methodology, focusing on floorplan optimization to enhance utilization, quality of results (QoR), runtime, and timing closure. Additionally, the engineer will oversee the coordination of collateral handoffs between the physical design team and other backend design functions, such as clocking and power delivery. The role also includes supervising and mentoring junior engineers, ensuring that the team maintains high standards of quality and efficiency in their work. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the future of technology at Amazon, where innovation and customer satisfaction are at the forefront of the mission.