The ASIC Physical Design Methodology Engineer will be part of the Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team at Annapurna Labs, focusing on the design and optimization of hardware for Amazon's data centers. This role involves defining and deploying innovative physical design and verification methodologies for machine learning accelerator chips. The engineer will work closely with various teams to enhance methodologies and efficiencies while troubleshooting digital tool flows. The position requires a strong background in electrical engineering and experience with scripting languages.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Master's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field
• Experience identifying bugs in architecture, algorithms, functionality, and performance
• Strong overall debugging skills
• Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages such as Python or Perl for automation

• Define, develop and deploy innovative physical design and verification methodologies for ML Accelerator chips in advanced nodes
• Drive optimizations in CAD flows and methodologies for PPA and TAT improvements
• Work with EDA tool vendors to evaluate new methods, resolve bugs, and improve usability
• Fine tune cloud infrastructure to improve compute and storage utilization for physical design work
• Interface directly with RTL, Physical Design, Package Design, and DFT teams to improve methodologies and efficiencies
• Independently troubleshoot digital tool flow usage and deploy solutions
• Create dashboards and central reports for project tracking and visualizing QoR/stats

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.