Job Description

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At AMD, we believe technology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMD is shaping the future.

Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or bringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward. Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

Responsibilities

THE ROLE:

 You will join the 3rd Party Analog Mixed Signal IP Design Analysis and CAD team, which evaluates Analog Mixed Signal circuit designs from AMD external design partners, such as USB and PCIe blocks. The team ensures designs meet specifications, contractual requirements, and align with AMD's chip flows and design blocks.

We also develop tools to improve design analysis, providing insight into chip methodologies and CAD workflows. Collaborating closely with internal teams and external vendors, we identify and resolve issues before silicon manufacturing, helping AMD stay on schedule and prevent revenue loss.

As part of this tight-knit team, you'll gain exposure to a range of circuit design workflows, with strong mentorship and cross-training to foster collaboration and success. This role offers valuable experience in ASIC design, verification, and manufacturing.

THE PERSON:

AMD Mixed Signal IP Design Analysis and CAD Engineer will learn:

• The hardware chip development lifecycle from specification to silicon manufacturing.
• Layout vs. schematic comparison (LVS), design rule checks (DRC/ERC), and circuit topological checks of pre-silicon hardware design.
• Best practices for schematics, layouts, and industry-standard manufacturing processes.
• Key topics like electro-migration (EM), power supply analysis (IR), and electrostatic discharge (ESD).
• Design for manufacturing and silicon reliability.
• Static timing analysis (STA), SPICE simulation, and parasitic RC extraction.
• Using EDA tools for analysis and verification at a conceptual level.
• Revision control software and effective presentation of new workflows.
• Develop well-structured and reusable scripts to automate the analysis of circuit data, enhancing efficiency and accuracy in data processing tasks.
• Leveraging AI technologies to enhance data analysis and automation processes for improved efficiency and innovation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

We are seeking a highly motivated Mixed Signal Circuit Design Analysis & CAD Engineer to join our team. In this role you will be –

• Understanding the hardware chip development lifecycle from specification to silicon manufacturing.
• Analyzing electrical performance of Analog/Digital Mixed Signal (AMS) designs and support integration of the design implemented using deep sub-micron CMOS technology into the overall chip system/AMD product.
• Reviewing flagged issues, analyzing the problem, and then assessing if the design issue must be fixed.
• Developing, investigating, and enhancing scripts and test cases to automate the IP design analysis workflow.
• Working with 3rd party IP vendors to review and discuss analysis results for design fixes and enhancements.
• Work closely with engineers within Markham and other AMD design sites worldwide to enable solutions to these AMS designs.
• Collaborating with AMD internal teams to cross-reference issues after design integration into the larger chip environment.
• Use software automation to enhance IP design analysis methodologies.
• Use industry standard physical verification analysis tools to analyze hardware design components before final integration and preparation towards chip manufacture.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Possess strong hardware and software skills.
• An understanding of analog and digital transistor device behavior.
• Desire to develop well-structured and maintainable scripts using scripting languages such as Python, Perl, TCL, etc.

• Using EDA tools for analysis and verification at a conceptual level.

• Implementing analysis automation using multiple programming/scripting languages such as C, C++ or Perl.
• Research skills to conduct root cause analysis for software and hardware design bugs.

• Basic experience in using command line interface with UNIX or Linux, scripting, HSPICE, Verilog or VHDL, and interest in transistor level circuits and/or layout.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.

LOCATION: Markham, ON

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Qualifications

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.