Sr. Design Verification Manager, Annapurna Labs

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Additionally this role may involve exposure to and experience with Amazons growing suite of generative AI services and other cutting-edge cloud computing offerings across the AWS portfolio.

Annapurna Labs (our organization within AWS UC) designs silicon and software that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time agoeven yesterday. Our custom chips accelerators and software stacks enable us to take on technical challenges that have never been seen before and deliver results that help our customers change the world.
Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable scalable low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. We have data center locations in the U.S. Europe Singapore and Japan and customers across all industries.

Custom SoCs (System on Chip) live at the heart of AWS Machine Learning servers. As a member of the Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team youll be responsible for the design and optimization of hardware in our data centers including AWS Inferentia our custom designed machine learning inference datacenter server. Our success depends on our world-class server infrastructure; were handling massive scale and rapid integration of emergent technologies. Were looking for an ASIC Design Eengineer to help us trail-blaze new technologies and architectures while ensuring high design quality and making the right trade-offs.

Key job responsibilities
- Overall verification manger driving multiple teams to ensure correctness and quality of our ML accelerator SOC
- Develop and execute detailed verification strategies and plans to validate functionality performance of ASIC designs
- Collaborate closely with architecture design and software teams to identify and resolve complex design issues
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to the verification team driving continuous improvement in verification methodologies and processes
- Directly manage the verification organization responsible for all aspects of people management

About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

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- Experience using multiple verification platforms: UVM test bench FPGA emulator software environments and system testing
- 8 years of hands-on experience in ASIC/VLSI design verification with a strong understanding of verification methodologies such as UVM along with industry best practices
- 8 years managing verification teams 4 years of experience with multi level management
- Proven track record of leading successful ASIC verification projects from planning to tapeout
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly identify and troubleshoot complex design issues

- Advanced degree in computer science electrical engineering or related field
- Previous knowledge with Machine learning acceleration SOC architecture
- Hands on experience with front-end logic design

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