Physical Design Engineer 

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Toronto RTG Physical Design team is looking for an experienced Physical Design Lead to drive the successful execution and completion for significant portions of our leading-edge AMD GPU / SOC Designs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Bring deep knowledge and experience in Physical design and apply them to large, challenging, leading-edge designs to ensure high quality on time delivery.
2. Bring significant experience in effective team leadership to help mentor, coach and grow the RTG  Physical Design Team with an emphasis on positive influence on team morale and culture
3. Technically support different aspects of Physical Design including Chip Level Floor planning, Bus / Pin Planning, Clock Tree Synthesis, Placement, Optimization, Routing, Parasitic Extraction, Static Timing Analysis, IR drop analysis, Physical Verification and Sign Off.
4. Experience and understanding of flow development and scripting.
5. Strong Technical problem and debugging solving.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. 8-10+ Experience in ASIC Design with relevant Physical Design Skills
2. Minimum BSEE/CE, or equivalent degree, Masters is definitely a asset.
3. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills along with attention to details.
4. Strong communication, Time Management and Presentation Skills.
5. Must be a self-starter, and able to independently and efficiently drive challenging and time critical tasks to on-time completion.
6. Forward looking and dependable leader who proactively identifies and resolves issues and roadblocks before they become bottlenecks or showstopper.
7. Strong ability to provide mentorship and guidance to junior and senior engineers, a very effective team player, mut have strong technical management skills and provide a positive influence on team morale and culture
8. Working experience on CAD tools from Synopsys, Cadence and Mentor Graphics required.