ASIC Design Engineer, Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team Annapurna Labs

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
As an ASIC Design Engineer you will:

Develop and implement high-performance area and power-efficient RTL designs to meet project specifications and targets

Conduct in-depth analysis of designs microarchitectures and architectures to optimize trade-offs between features power consumption performance and area requirements

Create microarchitectures implement SystemVerilog RTL and deliver synthesis and timing-clean designs with appropriate constraints

Execute lint and clock domain crossing quality checks to ensure design integrity

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including architects fellow designers verification specialists pre- and post-silicon validation teams and synthesis timing and back-end experts

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in ASIC design proficiency in SystemVerilog and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Experience with high-performance and power-efficient designs is highly desirable.


You will thrive in this role if you:
- Have a Learn and Be Curious mindset
- Have familiarity with key components such as interconnects DMAs Memory sub-systems accelerator engines debug and system level architectures
- Have a strong drive to innovate explore new solutions and contribute to the companys intellectual property through patents

About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isnt about how many hours you spend at home or at work; its about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth
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. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Cupertino CA USA Austin TX USA

- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Experience identifying bugs in architecture algorithms functionality and performance with strong overall debugging skills
- Experience verifying at multiple levels of logic from IP blocks to SoCs to full system testing

- Masters degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field
- Experience with formal verification techniques including abstraction and end-to-end checking
- Experience with ARM and various DSP ISAs
- Experience with current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G NR) WiMAX 802.11ad microwave backhaul or related broadband wireless standards
- Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Python or Perl) for automation

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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Cupertino - 157300.00 - 212800.00 USD annually