Sr. Staff Physical Design CAD Engineer
Austin, TX$178.4k - $267.6kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Senior role responsible for developing and maintaining world-class hardware physical design flow in a fast-paced production environment, automating best practices into a software design flow, and collaborating with internal design teams and external EDA vendors to deliver high-performance, low-power GPUs, CPUs, and SoCs.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and enhance Physical Design CAD flows supporting AMD's AI, HPC, CPU, GPU, and SoC programs.
- Deploy and support industry-standard EDA tools and methodologies across multiple design projects.
- Develop innovative Physical Design solutions for place-and-route, timing closure, power optimization, and design convergence.
- Debug and optimize physical design challenges related to power, performance, and area (PPA).
- Create and maintain validation environments, test suites, regression infrastructure, and qualification methodologies.
- Evaluate, qualify, and integrate new EDA tool capabilities and vendor technologies.
- Collaborate closely with design teams to improve methodology efficiency, scalability, and productivity.
- Work directly with EDA vendors, including Synopsys and Cadence, to drive tool enhancements and future roadmap requirements.
- Improve and maintain CAD infrastructure, automation frameworks, and engineering workflows.
- Leverage AI technologies, automation, and intelligent workflows to improve productivity, reduce design cycle time, and increase engineering efficiency.
- Provide technical guidance, customer support, and methodology expertise to engineering teams worldwide.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent is preferred
- Strong experience with Physical Design implementation and CAD flow development.
- Hands-on expertise with Synopsys Fusion Compiler, Cadence Innovus, and PrimeTime.
- Experience with physical verification, extraction tools (StarRC or equivalent), and timing signoff.
- Deep understanding of power, performance, and area (PPA) optimization.
- Strong TCL and Python scripting skills for automation and tool development.
- Experience supporting multiple chip tape outs and production design environments.
- Ability to debug and solve complex Physical Design flow and methodology issues.
- Experience working directly with EDA vendors such as Synopsys or Cadence.
- Demonstrated use of AI tools or automation to improve engineering productivity.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Skills
Required:Physical Design implementationSynopsys Fusion CompilerCadence InnovusPrimeTimeTCL scriptingPython scripting
Nice to have:Physical verificationExtraction tools (StarRC or equivalent)AI/automation in engineering
Benefits
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