AMD

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CPU Core High Performance Physical Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Join the AMD high‑performance core physical design team in Austin to own a portion of the core, starting with Synthesis and delivering a placed and routed design that meets all criteria. Collaborate with CAD/DFT/Architecture to optimize timing paths, explore power/performance tradeoffs, and help plan multi‑month delivery schedules.

Location: Austin

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

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

Key Responsibilities

•Implement working knowledge of logic and transistor‑level circuit design, CAD tools, and expertise in areas such as clocks, standard cell libraries, synthesis, place and route, and electrical analysis.
•Innovate and improve the design by identifying lower power and higher performance tradeoffs.
•Prepare schedules and scope several months in advance, including building analysis schedules and delivering circuit macros.
•Provide well‑thought‑out recommendations for technical reviews by detailing design tradeoffs and options before submitting strong recommendations.
•Collaborate with external disciplines (CAD/DFT/Architecture) to optimize critical timing paths.

Key Requirements

•MS degree in Electrical Engineering
•Mastery of logic, Synthesis, Place and Route, and CAD tools for high‑performance design
•Proficiency with transistor‑level circuit design and CAD tools
•Ability to prepare schedules and scope several months in advance for project flows
•Capacity to present and defend technical tradeoffs in reviews

Experience:SemiconductorASICEDA

Education:Master's in Electrical Engineering

Skills:Problem-solvingCollaborationCommunication

Languages:English

Tech Stack:SynthesisPlace and RouteCAD toolsLogicTransistor‑level design

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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