Physical Design CAD Engineer

ARM • San Diego, CA

47d • Hybrid

About The Position

Arm is leading the vision to unlock a broad ecosystem of silicon required for AI, Data centers, mobile, compute and IoT. As a member of Solution engineering, you will be joining a team developing CAD solutions to develop flows for end2end convergence. Work with front-end and physical implementation SoC and core design teams on design architecture, interfaces, timing and power requirements for power/MHz efficiency. Major focus on solutions scalability across advanced technology nodes and PPA trade-offs. The position requires delivering solution for both internal and 3rd party IP integration.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of Timing, Power, and Place and Route concepts.
• Familiarity with EDA tool-flows (Genus, Innovus, or Fusion Compiler) and designing solutions
• Strong coding proficiency in languages Python, C, Tcl.
• Proficiency with version control systems like git, distributed processing, and disk management.
• Ability to work with evolving problem statements and solutions. Excellent interpersonal skills, communication, team spirit and effective collaboration with multi-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Data analytics, Machine Learning, dashboards and metrics desired.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance scripts, and design flows for synthesis, and place and route tools like genus and innovus
• Collaborate with EDA vendors to evaluate and integrate new features and methodologies on advanced technology nodes
• Perform regression of flow across different technology nodes to validate power, performance, and area targets
• The suitable candidate will be able to analyze the requirements, define and develop CAD solution including external EDA tools integration.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees