AMD

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Microprocessor VLSI Physical Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Experienced VLSI physical design engineer contributing to AMD’s next-generation CPU cores, floating point units and caches. Lead high-speed VLSI design, collaborate with RTL and physical teams across sites, solve design/tool challenges, and mentor junior engineers while delivering on tight timelines in a hybrid Fort Collins, CO environment.

Location: United States

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Key Responsibilities

•Technical lead for high-speed VLSI design in deep submicron processes.
•Work closely with RTL and physical designers across multiple sites to optimize power, performance, area, and schedule.
•Solve design and tool problems requiring ground-breaking approaches and champion innovation across the organization. Create technical presentations for peers and management.
•Guide and mentor junior engineers.

Key Requirements

•BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (8+ years hardware design experience)
•Hands-on experience with high-speed VLSI design in deep submicron processes
•Knowledge of chip-level floorplanning, bus/pin planning, clock tree synthesis, placement, routing, parasitic extraction, static timing analysis, IR drop analysis, electromigration and sign-off
•Ability to understand and modify Verilog RTL for timing/power adjustments
•Strong communication skills and ability to mentor junior engineers

Experience:SemiconductorVLSIHardware design

Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Skills:CommunicationMentoringProblem-solvingTeamwork

Languages:English

Tech Stack:VerilogPerlCTclRTLVLSIClock tree synthesisPlacementRoutingParasitic ExtractionStatic Timing Analysis

Company Brief

AMD

Designs and produces semiconductor products including CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive SoCs for consumer, enterprise, and embedded markets, competing across PCs, data centers, and gaming industries.

Industry: Electronics Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States

Founded: 1969

Glassdoor: 3.9

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