Senior ASIC Design Engineer, Hardware Compute Group

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Inc. originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then we have produced numerous devices like Fire tablets Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create The Role: As a Senior ASIC Design Engineer you will be part of an advanced design and architecture team that is creating the semiconductor designs which will power millions of new Amazon devices. You will work closely with multi-disciplinary groups including System Architecture Architecture and Software teams to architect and implement the advanced imaging pipelines that will enable our products to capture the world with stunning clarity.

Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:

* Architect and Design world class imaging hardware
* Communicate and work with team members across multiple disciplines
* Develop detailed design specifications and documentation
* Perform RTL coding and synthesis
* Work with Partners/Suppliers to optimize and customize their products
* Run industry standard code quality tools and fix issues found by them
* Participate in test plan and coverage reviews

The ideal candidate should have experience with RTL development environments and fluency in modern hardware description languages. They should have developed complex IP blocks from scratch that have successfully been integrated in SOCs or other such silicon that have been productized in consumer devices. They should have experience in design development and implementation of dedicated hardware for image processing pipelines. They should be familiar with modern SoC architectures various interconnect topologies such as AMBA AXI APB AHB and implementations. Knowledge of image processing algorithms and experience with multimedia pipeline design is desirable. Experience with I/O interfaces such as SPI eDP HDMI MIPI CSI/DSI/ is also preferred. Experience with memory instantiation and memory compilers is also preferred. We are looking for a self-driven individual who can work with architects HW and SW developers and can quickly resolve blocking issues.


- Masters degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Experience with design of Image Signal Processing (ISP) pipelines and image processing algorithms
- 5 years of RTL development experience with a record of taping out production silicon
- Experience with design development using Verilog/SystemVerilog
- Experience in defining micro-architecture from architecture guidelines and model analysis.
- Experience in performance/power/area analysis and trade-offs
- Proficient in design methodologies and EDA tools
- Experience working with Synthesis timing closure and design constraints

- Experience with ARM and various DSP ISA
- Experience in entire design flow from architecture to final silicon.
- Experience debugging system-level issues
- Good programming skills in C/C and scripting skills in Python Tcl and/or Perl
- 10 years or more of practical experience
- Experience with wide variety of low power design techniques
- Working experience with high performance industry standard buses like AMBA AXI4
- Experience in integrating third party IP blocks building top level modules defining clock domains and power domains
- Knowledge of FPGA and emulation platforms
- Knowledge of SoC architecture
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.