What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. ASIC Design Engineer, Amazon Leo position at Amazon?
Description
Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Export Control Requirement
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key job responsibilities
Lead RTL design and development of large subsystems and custom blocks. Integrate IP cores by choosing configuraton and connnectivity options to fit system requirements. Assimilate IP collateral to become the team's expert.
Ownership as cognizant designer for integration with software. Partner with verification team to ensure complete test plans and functional coverage. Support the design through all phases: RTL/Gate simulations, emulation and post silicon implementations.
In This Role You Will
Be part of Amazon LEO’s sub-team responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways. This is a unique opportunity to define a groundbreaking wireless solution with few legacy constraints. The team works with customer requirements and wireless system teams to define modems, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors, and DSP solutions in latest CMOS generation technologies.
Basic Qualifications
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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, San Diego - 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
Job ID: A3163611
Amazon Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Export Control Requirement
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key job responsibilities
Lead RTL design and development of large subsystems and custom blocks. Integrate IP cores by choosing configuraton and connnectivity options to fit system requirements. Assimilate IP collateral to become the team's expert.
Ownership as cognizant designer for integration with software. Partner with verification team to ensure complete test plans and functional coverage. Support the design through all phases: RTL/Gate simulations, emulation and post silicon implementations.
In This Role You Will
- Work closely with the system architects to develop world-class SOC and IP blocks, which meet power, area and performance targets.
- Lead the definition, configuration and integration of SoC Subsystems
- Configure and integrate 3rd party IP blocks, develop support logic
- Contribute to the SoC floor planning effort
- Understand low power design & the impact of DFT on the blocks
- Perform initial synthesis, timing analysis, CDC analysis and other back end interface flows
- Assist verification team in unit verification including test plan development
- Assist with debug and bring-up
Be part of Amazon LEO’s sub-team responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites and Amazon gateways. This is a unique opportunity to define a groundbreaking wireless solution with few legacy constraints. The team works with customer requirements and wireless system teams to define modems, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors, and DSP solutions in latest CMOS generation technologies.
Basic Qualifications
- 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
- 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
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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, San Diego - 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
Job ID: A3163611