Sr. PD Methodology Engineer, Annapurna Labs - Cloud Scale Machine Learning

Amazon • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Our Machine Learning Acceleration (MLA) team develops the Inferentia and
Trainium SOCs that are used to power today’s AI workloads in datacenters all
around the world. As a Circuit & Design Analysis engineer, you’ll collaborate
with multiple teams to drive improvements in silicon yield & performance - it’s
still Day One here at Amazon!

We’re searching for an experienced Circuit Design & Analysis engineer with a
background in custom circuit design & analysis, system level thermal & power
analysis with a proven track record of handling challenges at scale. In this
role, you’ll be working directly with product engineers, signal & power
integrity engineers and physical design experts - defining best practices,
driving correlation of pre-silicon simulation of thermal & power integrity to
post silicon analysis and developing custom circuits that help raise the bar in
implementing state-of-the-art machine learning hardware.

Depending on the state of the project, you may find yourself working on the
following:

- Evaluate IPs (like sensors, process monitors) from a 3rd party
- Develop an characterize custom IPs like ganged buffers, custom logic cells for
specialized operations (like MACs)
- Work with designers and architects to identify pain-points and areas where
custom solutions can improve PPAS
- Do post-silicon quality checks for key IP like PLLs, UCIE/PCIE, HBM
- Do post-silicon power measurements of jitter, sensor calibration, power and
correlate with simulation

Inclusive Team Culture
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.

Work/Life Balance
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.

Mentorship and Career Growth
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.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred
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.

Requirements

• 8+ years of ASIC implementation, synthesis, STA and physical design in deep sub-micron nodes (16nm or smaller) experience
• BS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
• Experience working closely with physical design teams to develop highly optimized ASICs with excellent power, performance and area
• Experience in Python, Perl, or another scripting language
• Understanding of other sign-off activities (ir/em, physical verification, timing closure, DFT)
• Expertise on circuit level analysis using tools like SPICE / SPECTRE
• Expertise in interconnect & transistor fundamentals in deep sub-micron processes

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Experience in RTL coding and debug, as well as performance, power, area analysis and trade-offs
• Experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools
• Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation

Responsibilities

• Design and implement custom cells / IP.
• Develop & run characterization flows for custom cells / IP developed.
• Own integration & post-silicon qualification of IPs like PLL, PCIE, UCIE, HBM, sensors/monitors.
• Develop scripts to automate running analysis and collect reports.
• Develop test-plan and perform measurements in the lab to correlate with simulation data.
• Be a highly-valued member of our start-up like team through excellent collaboration and teamwork with other physical design engineers, product engineers, hardware engineers as well as with the RTL/Arch. teams.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

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