Sr. Physical Design Engineer, Amazon Leo - San Diego, California, United States
Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.
Design digital chip SOCs for communications via Low Earth Orbit satellites.
About the role
As a Sr. Physical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for defining and implementing the digital chip SOCs for communications. This role focuses on defining a groundbreaking wireless solution utilizing latest CMOS generation technologies.
What you'll do
- Work with RTL/logic designers to drive architectural feasibility studies, explore power-performance-area tradeoffs for physical design closure.
- Drive IO/Core block physical implementation through synthesis, floor planning, bus / pin planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, ECO and sign-off.
- Develop physical design methodologies while embracing AI flow.
- Evaluate 3rd party IP and provide recommendations.
What you'll need
- Experience with physical implementation through synthesis, floor planning, bus / pin planning, place and route, power/clock distribution, congestion analysis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, ECO and sign-off.
- Collaboration and teamwork skills with physical design engineers and RTL/Arch. Teams.
- 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.
Skills: physical implementation, synthesis, floor planning, place and route, timing closure
This role has been open 46 days — well below the 61-day median for Physical Design roles.
Physical Design · Physical Design
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Open roles in category
661
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Amazon | All employers we track in this specialty (661 roles · 80 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 661 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 7 | 1463 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 46 d | 61 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: physical implementation, synthesis, floor planning, place and route, timing closure
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 123 open roles · median 44 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 22 d
- NVIDIA · 39 open roles · median 69 d
- Synopsys · 37 open roles · median 29 d
- Broadcom · 34 open roles · median 94 d
- Intel Corporation · 30 open roles · median 12 d
How we counted: 661 open Physical Design (Physical Design) roles from 80 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.