SRAM Design Engineer – Custom Circuit Design
AMD Boxborough, MA Full-time 3/24/2026 $139.4k - $209k per year
Undergraduate Entry-Level
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•FY 2025Job Description
AMD is seeking an experienced VLSI physical design engineer to contribute to next-generation core and cache designs. The role involves collaboration across teams to optimize power, performance, and area while providing guidance to less-experienced engineers in a culture that values innovation and diverse perspectives.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with high-speed SRAM design.
- Strong understanding of computer architecture, hardware design concepts, and system-level tradeoffs.
- Knowledge of chip-level floor planning, bus/pin planning, clock tree synthesis, placement, optimization, routing, parasitic extraction, static timing analysis, IR-drop analysis, electromigration, physical verification, and sign-off processes.
- Ability to comprehend and make minor modifications to Verilog RTL for timing or power improvements.
- Knowledge of digital circuits, high-speed flops, synchronizers, level shifters, and SRAM architectures.
- Familiarity with programming and scripting languages such as Perl, C, and TCL.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical lead for high-speed SRAM design in deep-submicron FinFET technologies.
- Collaborate with RTL and physical design teams across multiple locations to optimize power, performance, area, and schedule.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and contribute creative, effective solutions to design and tool challenges.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations for peers and leadership.
- Provide guidance and support to less-experienced engineers in a collaborative and respectful environment.
Benefits
- AMD provides a competitive 'Total Rewards' package that focuses on financial growth, health, and work-life balance.
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