Technical Leader Physical Design
Core
Lead physical design development for custom silicon chips (RTL2GDS) powering AWS infrastructure, optimizing power, area, and performance for advanced process nodes.
Role type
Senior IC physical design technical leader
Builds
Custom semiconductor products (e.g., Trainium, Graviton, Nitro) for cloud computing
Domain
Semiconductor / Custom Silicon / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
RTL2GDS flow expertise, static timing analysis, place and route, clock tree synthesis, floorplanning, power and noise analysis, physical verification, equivalence checks, EDA tool development, implementation methodologies
Preferred skills
Full-chip experience, high-speed design, multi-voltage/low-power design
Technologies
Synopsys, Cadence
Responsibilities
Define timing constraints, develop design flows, define implementation and signoff methodologies, mentor team members
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership