Sr. Physical Design Engineer, DBF Silicon - San Diego, United States - Amazon

Description

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Come work at Amazon

The Role:

Be part of Project Kuipers ASIC team responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways. This is a unique opportunity to define a groundbreaking wireless solution with few legacy constraints. The team works with customer requirements and wireless system teams to define modems, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors, and DSP solutions in the advanced technology nodes.

You will have the responsibility to develop back-end strategies and drive implementation for a set of communications chips that enable 5G-like communication between space and ground.

Key job responsibilities

In this role you will:

As the physical implementation engineer you will set up the flow for both logic and physical synthesis flow for various technology nodes.

Work with the ASIC design and DFT teams to understand the design and help review or create timing constraints.

Check the RTL design for clean synthesis run, perform STA and LEC on netlist.

Work with RFIC teams to make sure the top level integration of analog blocks are done properly and correct by construction, including formal connectivity checks.

Work with P&R teams to ensure a smooth hand off of netlists, ensure the timely execution of the P&R responsibilities by that team.

Participate in flow reviews of all the blocks with the P&R team to ensure that they achieve the best PPA for all blocks.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

San Diego, CA, USA

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Computer Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.

7+ years of experience in ASIC implementation, i.e., synthesis, STA and working with DFT, P&R for deep sub-micron nodes.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Electrical / Computer Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.

10+ years of experience in ASIC implementation.

Experience of working with RFA team integrating RF/Analog/Mixed signal blocks with digital top flows.

Strong exposure to UPF flow for low power design.

Experience of working in multi-site/multi-team environment.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.