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

About AWS

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 you’ll 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; we’re handling massive scale and rapid integration of emergent technologies.

We’re looking for an ASIC Design Engineer to help us trail‑blaze new technologies and architectures, while ensuring high design quality and making the right trade‑offs.

• 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 System Verilog 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

• Strong background in ASIC design, proficiency in System Verilog, and excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Experience with high‑performance and power‑efficient designs is highly desirable

• “Learn and Be Curious” mindset
• Familiarity with interconnects, DMAs, Memory sub‑systems, accelerator engines, debug and system level architectures
• Strong drive to innovate, explore new solutions, and contribute to the company's intellectual property through patents

• Cupertino, CA, USA | Bachelor's 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
• Master's 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 ), WiMAX, 802.11ad, microwave backhaul, or related broadband wireless standards
• Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Python or Perl) for automation

Inclusive Team Culture. Work/Life Balance. Mentorship & Career Growth. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Cupertino, CA, USA;
Austin, TX, USA. Our team puts a high value on work‑life balance, offers flexibility in working hours and encourages a supportive environment for personal and professional growth.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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,…