Amazon · 9 hours ago
Sr. ASIC Design Engineer, Amazon Leo
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$159K/yr - $215K/yr
8+ years expAmazon is launching a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide broadband connectivity to underserved communities. The Sr. ASIC Design Engineer will be responsible for RTL design, integration of subsystems, and gate-level simulation, ensuring the development of high-performance SOC and IP blocks for communication systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
RTL Design and development of custom blocks
Integration of large subsystems
Gate Level Simulation: Develop and maintain comprehensive gate-level simulation test plans for verifying ASIC functionality and timing. Analyze simulation results, identify and debug logic errors, and propose solutions. Work closely with design and verification engineers to validate fixes and ensure design closure
Facilitate seamless integration across Firmware, RTL, Platform Software, and Platform Drivers
Develop Debug tools: RTL Emulation, silicon bring-up, and functional validation
Work closely with the system architects to develop world-class SOC and IP blocks, which meet power, area and performance targets
Define, configure and integration SoC Subsystems
Contribute to the SoC floor planning effort
Define and develop any necessary support logic
Configure, instantiate and integrate 3rd party IP blocks
Understand low power design & the impact of DFT on the blocks
Perform initial synthesis & timing analysis
Assist verification team in unit verification including test plan development
Assist with debug and bring-up
Qualification
Required
8+ years of ASIC implementation, synthesis, STA and physical design in deep sub-micron nodes (16nm or smaller) experience
8+ years of digital design in communication systems experience
8+ years of wireless communications systems and implementation experience
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Communications Engineering, or experience designing digital communication systems
Knowledge of implementing chips with multiple power islands and power gating
Knowledge of serial protocols including SPI, I2C, I3C, and UART
Experience low power design techniques
Preferred
Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
Experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools
Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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