Physical Design Lead - CPU Team
AMD · Posted Oct 5
High-performance processors, graphics cards, data center solutions, and AI accelerators
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About the role
AMD's CPU physical design team delivers the physical implementation of critical CPU units for AMD's next-generation processors, which power supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. The team works on RTL-to-GDSII convergence, PPA optimization, and physical design methodology in advanced technology nodes. This role owns critical CPU units and drives synthesis, floor-planning, place and route, timing closure, and signoff to meet aggressive frequency and power goals.
What you will do
- Own critical CPU units and drive to convergence from RTL-to-GDSII - synthesis, floor-planning, place and route, timing closure, and signoff
- Understand the micro-architecture to perform feasibility studies on performance, power, and area (PPA) tradeoffs for design closure.
- Develop and improve physical design methodologies and customize recipes across various implementation steps to optimize PPA.
- Implement floor plan, synthesis, placement, CTS, Timing Closure, Routing, Extraction, Physical Verification (DRC & LVS), EM/IR and signoff.
- Handling different PNR tools - Synopsys fusion compiler, Cadence, PrimeTime, StarRC, Calibre, Apache Redhawk
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Qualification: Bachelors or Masters in Electronics/Electrical Engineering
Preferred qualifications
- 7+ years of professional experience in physical design, preferably with high-performance designs.
- Must have closed high-performance IPs- CPU/GPU/DPU/memory controller, etc.
- 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 - Perl/Tcl/Python
- Strong communication skills, ability to multi-task across projects, and work with geographically spread out teams
- Experience in advanced sub 7nm nodes
- Excellent physical design and timing background.
- A good understanding of computer architecture is preferred.
- Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to detail.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About AMD
AMD is a global semiconductor company that designs high-performance central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), and adaptive processors for data centers, personal computers, gaming consoles, and embedded systems. The company specializes in advanced computing solutions and AI accelerators, positioning itself as a major leader in modern high-performance and artificial intelligence hardware. Through strategic developments and acquisitions, AMD continues to expand its ecosystem across cloud infrastructure, enterprise computing, and physical AI.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 31000 employees
- Founded
- 1969-05-01
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company
- 2007-11-16Post Ipo
Leadership
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Solutions Business Group
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