AmazonPhysical Design Engineer - Static Timing Analysis, Annapurna Labs, Cloud Scale Machine Learning
Amazon is hiring a Physical Design Engineer - Static Timing Analysis, Annapurna Labs, Cloud Scale Machine Learning in Cupertino, United States. It pays $177k-$247k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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Develop and maintain static timing analysis flows for cloud-scale machine learning hardware accelerators like AWS Inferentia.
As a member of the Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team you’ll be responsible for the design and optimization of Hardware in our data centers including technologies such as AWS Inferentia which is a machine learning inference product designed to deliver high performance at low cost.
You’ll provide leadership in the application of new technologies to large scale deployments in a continuous effort to deliver a world-class customer experience. This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with thought-leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve our products' performance, quality and cost. We’re changing an industry, and we want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
Key job responsibilities
• Develop & maintain flows for block and full-chip level static timing analysis
• Write, debug & validate timing constraints for blocks and full-chip.
• Run Static Timing Analysis and give frequent feedback to team members and leads.
• Provide guidance on how to fix timing issues (generate ECOs, fix constraint issues).
• Develop scripts to automate running timing analysis and generate reports.
• Be a highly-valued member of our start-up like team through excellent collaboration and teamwork with other physical design engineers as well as with the RTL/Arch. teams
Basic qualifications
- Experience scripting or coding
- BS + 6yrs or MS + 4yrs or PhD + 2yr in EE/CS
- Expertise in timing analysis fundamentals
- 1+ years doing Static Timing Analysis
- 1+ years with timing constraint development
- Timing Analysis using EDA tools (examples: PrimeTime, Tempus, or others)
- Understanding of ASIC Physical Design from RTL-to-GDSII
- Understanding of other sign-off activities (ir/em, physical verification, DFT)
- 1+ years of scripting experience with Tcl, Perl or Python
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in mentoring, leading and coaching
- Expertise developing flows using STA tools (examples: PrimeTime, Tempus or others)
- Expertise in ECO flows (examples: PT-DMSA, Tempus-ECO, Tweaker or others)
- Experience in advanced nodes - 16nm or below
- Expertise in parasitic extraction tools (examples: STAR-RC, Quantus or others)
- Expertise on circuit level analysis using tools like SPICE / SPECTRE
- Experience with timing of IO interfaces like DDR, HBM, PCIe, Die-to-Die etc.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Cupertino - 176,600.00 - 247,300.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 153,600.00 - 215,000.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Physical Design Engineer - Static Timing Analysis, Annapurna Labs, Cloud Scale Machine Learning at Amazon rates 80 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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- Tell me about a project where static timing analysis was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where asic physical design was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where scripting was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where timing constraints was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where hardware acceleration was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Static Timing Analysis, Asic Physical Design, Scripting, Timing Constraints, and Hardware Acceleration. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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