TL;DR

Sr. ASIC Design Engineer (AI): Responsible for the design and optimization of hardware in AWS data centers, including AWS Inferentia, focusing on machine learning inference datacenter servers. Focus on trade-offs based on features, power, performance, or area requirements, and delivering synthesis/timing clean design with constraints.

Location: USA, CA, Cupertino

Salary: 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform.

What you will do

  • Implement and deliver high performance, area and power efficient RTL to achieve design targets and specifications.
  • Integrate multiple subsystems into top level SOC, ensure correct clock/reset/functional/DFT signal routing
  • Analyze design, microarchitecture or architecture to make trade-offs based on features, power, performance or area requirements.
  • Develop micro-architecture, implement SystemVerilog RTL, and deliver synthesis/timing clean design with constraints.
  • Perform lint and clock domain crossing quality checks on the design.
  • Work with architects, other designers, verification teams, pre- and post-silicon validation teams, synthesis, timing and back-end teams to accomplish your tasks.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
  • 5+ years in RTL design for SOC
  • 5+ years in VLSI engineering
  • 5+ years with code quality tools including: Spyglass, LINT, or CDC

Nice to have

  • Experience in RTL coding and debug, as well as performance, power, area analysis and trade-offs
  • Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
  • 5+ years of practical semiconductor design work including full-chip and subsystem integration experience
  • Experience with Microarchitecture, SystemVerilog RTL, Assertions, SDC constraints
  • Experience with automation and scripting languages such as Python
  • Familiarity with data path design, interconnects, AXI protocol
  • Good analytical, problem solving, and communication skills

Culture & Benefits

  • Dedicated to supporting new members with knowledge-sharing and mentorship.
  • Value work-life harmony, striving for flexibility as part of working culture.
  • Foster a culture of inclusion.
  • Provide endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources.
  • Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.