Physical Design Engineer, Annapurna Labs

Amazon • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations that continue to set
AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC
organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute,
Database, Storage, Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including
support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud
services. Additionally, this role may involve exposure to and experience with
Amazon's growing suite of generative AI services and other cutting-edge cloud
computing offerings across the AWS portfolio.

Annapurna Labs (our organization within AWS UC) designs silicon and software
that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that
solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time ago—even yesterday. Our
custom chips, accelerators, and software stacks enable us to take on technical
challenges that have never been seen before, and deliver results that help our
customers change the world.

Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost
infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of
businesses in 190 countries around the world. We have data center locations in
the U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan, and customers across all industries.

Custom SoCs (System on Chip) live at the heart of AWS Machine Learning servers.
As a member of the Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team you’ll be
responsible for the design and optimization of hardware in our data centers
including AWS Inferentia, Trainium Systems (our custom designed machine learning
inference and training datacenter servers). Our success depends on our
world-class server infrastructure; we’re handling massive scale and rapid
integration of emergent technologies. We’re looking for an ASIC Physical Design
Engineer to help us trail-blaze new technologies and architectures, while
ensuring high design quality and making the right trade-offs.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of
experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates
knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring
and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and
strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering
expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the
qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates
to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path,
or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted
cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating —
that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies
trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led
affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our
differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our
Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity)
conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the
expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of
our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,
there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s
Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and
other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded
professional.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Experience identifying bugs in architecture, algorithms, functionality, and performance with strong overall debugging skills
• Experience verifying at multiple levels of logic from IP blocks to SoCs to full system testing

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field
• Experience with formal verification techniques including abstraction and end-to-end checking
• Experience with ARM and various DSP ISAs
• Experience with current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G NR), WiMAX, 802.11ad, microwave backhaul, or related broadband wireless standards
• Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Python or Perl) for automation

Responsibilities

• Work with RTL/logic designers to drive architectural feasibility studies, explore power-performance-area tradeoffs for physical design closure
• Drive IO/Core block physical implementation through synthesis, floor planning, bus / pin planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, ECO and sign-off
• Develop physical design methodologies
• Evaluate 3rd party IP and provide recommendations
• Be a highly-valued member of our start-up like team through excellent collaboration and teamwork with other physical design engineers as well as with the RTL/Arch. teams

Benefits

• Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level