Physical Design Clocking Engineer Job Listing at AMD in Markham, ON (Job ID 48326-en-us)

Description

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THE ROLE: 

The focus of this role is to plan and implement global clock trees which is very critical in AMD's advanced processors, meeting requirements of timing, power and area.

THE PERSON:  

You have a passion for modern, complex processor architecture, digital design, and verification in general. You are a team player who has excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with other engineers located in different sites/time zones. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are willing to learn and ready to take on problems. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Collaborate with timing, floorplan, and P&R teams to create plans for global clock.
• Build global clock trees for easier timing closure with reasonable power and area.
• Resolve placement and routing DRC violations of global clock trees.
• Verify global clock trees quality with SPICE simulations and PrimeTime STA analysis.
• Perform ECO changes on clock to fix electrical violations and to help timing closure.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:  

• Knowledge in CMOS digital circuits.
• Familiar with Physical Design flow.
• Experienced in using P&R, timing analysis, and physical verification CAD tools.
• Scripting language experience: Tcl, shell, Python, Perl preferred.
• Experience in analog design or computer algorithms is a plus.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering.

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