MTS Silicon Design Engineer ( ASIC TFM Lead)

THE ROLE:

As a Silicon Design Engineer in the AMD AECG ASIC TFM (Tools Flows Methodology) team, you will work with design experts to come up with the best implementation methodologies/flows and work on development and support of the BE flows.

THE PERSON:

Engineer with good attitude who seeks new challenges and has good analytical and communication skills. Candidate needs to have the ability and desire to learn quickly and should be a good team player.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define and drive key Beckend/Physical Design methodologies.
• Partner with AMD CAD Teams, Design team, physical design teams to ensure seamless end to end design flows.
• Work with existing development teams to define roadmaps for existing flows and assist in difficult technical debug.
• Work closely with design teams to gather requirements and develop strategies to tackle key technical problems.
• Work on Floor-plan, Physical Implementation of Power-plan, Synthesis, Placement, CTS, Timing Closure, Routing, Extraction, Physical Verification (DRC LVS), Crosstalk Analysis, EM/IR
• Handling different PNR tools - Synopsys ICC2, ICC, Design Compiler, PrimeTime, StarRC, Mentor Graphics Calibre, Apache Redhawk

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• 8+ years of professional experience in physical design, preferably with high performance designs.
• Experience in automated synthesis and timing driven place and route of RTL blocks for high speed datapath and control logic applications.
• Experience in automated design flows for clock tree synthesis, clock and power gating techniques, scan stitching, design optimization for improved timing/power/area, and design cycle time reduction.
• Experience in floorplanning, establishing design methodology, IP integration, checks for logic equivalence, physical/timing/electrical quality, and final signoff for large IP delivery
• Strong experience with tools for logic synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, and design checks for physical and electrical quality, familiarity with tools for schematics, layout, and circuit/logic simulation
• Versatility with scripts to automate design flow.
• Strong communication skills, ability to multi-task across projects, and work with geographically spread out teams
• Excellent physical design and timing background.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills and pronounced attention to details.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer engineering/Electrical Engineering