Sr. Manager Physical Design Engineering
AMD · Posted Oct 9
High-performance processors, graphics cards, data center solutions, and AI accelerators
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About the role
AMD builds processors and technologies spanning AI, datacenter, GPU and CPU products. The Physical Design (PNR) organization leads end-to-end physical design execution for complex SoC and ASIC programs, from floorplanning through tapeout signoff. This role leads multi-site physical design teams, owns Place & Route, Timing Closure, Power, EMIR, Clocking, Physical Verification and design methodology, and partners cross-functionally to deliver silicon products.
What you will do
- Lead full-chip and block-level Physical Design execution.
- Drive Floorplanning, PNR, CTS, Timing Closure, Power Optimization, EMIR and Physical Verification signoff.
- Define and institutionalize scalable PD methodologies, flows, automation and best practices.
- Review technical quality, design readiness, milestone criteria, and signoff status.
- Drive technology enablement across new process nodes and advanced packaging technologies.
- Own PD schedules, deliverables, and milestone commitments.
- Track execution across multiple SoC programs and ensure tapeout readiness.
- Identify technical risks and drive mitigation plans.
- Partner with Program Management and Engineering leadership to resolve execution bottlenecks.
- Present program status, risks, recovery plans and resource needs to senior management.
- Build, mentor and retain a high-performing PD organization.
- Manage managers, technical leads, and senior engineers.
- Drive hiring strategy, succession planning, organizational scaling and capability development.
- Conduct performance reviews, career planning and growth discussions.
- Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence.
- Partner with RTL, Architecture, DFT, FCT, DV, Power, Packaging, Silicon Validation and Product Engineering teams.
- Drive alignment across global engineering teams and external partners.
- Influence technical strategy and execution decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Define long-term PD roadmap and capability growth plans.
- Drive productivity improvements through automation, AI-enabled workflows and flow enhancements.
- Develop execution strategies for future products, process technologies and emerging methodologies.
- Represent the organization in engineering reviews and leadership forums.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Proven experience leading large-scale PNR teams and complex tapeouts.
- Deep expertise in: Floorplanning, Place & Route, CTS, Timing Closure, Power Optimization, IR/EM Analysis, Physical Verification, Signoff Methodologies
- Strong understanding of advanced technology nodes.
- Experience leading multi-site and geographically distributed teams.
- Demonstrated people-management experience including managing managers and technical leads.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with AI, Datacenter, Automotive, GPU, CPU or High-Performance SoC products.
- Expertise in advanced packaging and/or 3DIC technologies.
- Experience driving methodology, automation, and flow-development initiatives.
- Strong understanding of cross-functional domains including DFT, FCT, Power, Architecture and Silicon Validation.
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
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