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Sr. PD Methodology Engineer

Amazon· Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)$185.2k - $250kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

ASIC Physical Design Methodology Engineer focused on STA/EMIR signoff and physical design methodologies for ML accelerator chips in advanced nodes, enabling cloud-scale ML hardware (e.g., AWS Inferentia, Trainium) within Amazon’s data centers.

Responsibilities

  • Define, develop and deploy innovative STA/EMIR signoff and physical design methodologies (RTL2GDS) for ML Accelerator chips in advanced nodes
  • Drive optimizations in CAD flows/methodologies for Timing/EMIR signoff, PPA and TAT improvements
  • Work with EDA tool vendors to evaluate new methods, resolve bugs, improve usability
  • Fine tune cloud infrastructure to improve compute and storage utilization for physical design work
  • Interface directly with RTL, Physical Design, Package Design, DFT teams to improve methodologies and efficiencies
  • Be able to independently troubleshoot digital tool flow usage and deploy solutions
  • Fluent in scripting languages such as TCL, Python, etc. and able to build scalable and efficient flows to support parallel design developments
  • Create Dashboard and Central reports for project tracking and visualizing QoR/stats

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of ASIC implementation, synthesis, STA and physical design in deep sub-micron nodes (16nm or smaller) experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
  • Knowledge of implementing chips with multiple power islands and power gating
  • Experience leading or solely developing methodology and scripts for physical synthesis
  • Experience low power design techniques
  • Experience leading technical initiatives and key deliverables
  • Experience with version control systems and CI/CD pipeline implementation

Skills

Required:ASIC implementationEDA/tool flow scripting
Nice to have:RTL coding and debugging

Benefits

  • 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
  • Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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