Analog Designer (1 year contract), Markham

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The Role The I/O Pad Ring Team is looking for a candidate to perform I/O pad ring physical verification duties and methodology improvements on multiple exciting AMD products being created today. I/O Pad Ring refers to the input/output interfaces that are loosely found in a ring around the chip. Interfaces such as PLL (phase lock loop), DDR, GDDR, USB, HDMI, PCIE, and GPIO all reside in the IO Pad Ring. SOC level verification takes many days; the IO Pad Ring function takes a subset of analog IPs to pre‑verify them in order to pre‑fetch any issues prior to final integration. This team is essential to the success of AMD as a cutting‑edge company. You will be working on some of the most exciting projects the industry has to offer, such as CPU/GPU/APU and semi‑custom products featured in SonyPlayStation and Microsoft Xbox.

The Person The candidate will excel in problem‑solving/debug skills and be able to see through the latter stages of a product delivery. Strong communication skills will also be required.

Key Responsibilities Day‑to‑day responsibilities include assembling macros/IPs/RDL into an I/O pad ring database and running various verification tools on that assembled database to determine integration issues. If issues are discovered, communication with various IP owners may be required to facilitate issue resolution. Verification tasks include Design Rule Check, Layout VS Schematics, Electronic Rule Check, and Latch‑up/Electrical Static Discharge.

Construction of product I/O pad rings using established flows and scripts. Generated views include Verilog, Def, Spice, and GDSII.

Physical verification on designs that contain up to 200M devices including: LVS, DRC, ERC, and PERC.

Delivery of all needed waivers (Electronic Rule Check / Design Rule Check / EDRC / PERC) and documentation to SoC teams.

Facilitate ESD and design reviews for 3rd party IPs and I/O ring.

Tracking of IP versions, visual inspections, and in‑context XOR verifications.

Preferred Experience

Strong understanding of physical verification checks (Layout VS Schematic, Design Rule Check, Electronic Rule Check, PERC) and ability to debug and resolve issues.

Knowledge of chip‑level integration and Electrical Static Discharge / LUP concepts.

Ability to communicate with various teams to articulate issues and requirements related to layout to facilitate solutions.

Physical verification experience using Mentor Calibre (Layout VS Schematic, Design Rule Check, PERC) and Synopsys tools (ICC/ICC2/ICV).

Experience doing physical verification for a tile of chip physical design would be an asset.

Perl programming, TCL, SVRF, TVF programming not required, but would be advantages.

IP layout design experience and exposure to Cadence is a plus.

Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.

Academic Credentials

Electrical, Computer, Biomedical, or Mechanical Engineering degree and/or Electronics‑related diploma.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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