Physical Design Engineer, New Grad
About The Position
SambaNova is a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, delivering a full-stack inference platform for customers worldwide. Its technology centers on the RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit), a chip built on a dataflow architecture, packaged into SambaRack rack-scale hardware. The Physical Design team takes RDU designs through synthesis, place and route, and sign-off on TSMC advanced nodes. The team develops and maintains a Cadence-based flow, including Genus, Innovus, and Cerebrus, and works with designers and tool vendors to resolve flow and design issues. As a new-grad Physical Design Engineer, you will run and improve the RTL-to-GDS flow on advanced process nodes. You will write TCL and Python scripts to automate flow steps, help physical designers debug timing and congestion issues, and work with tool vendors on bugs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Coursework or project experience in VLSI or digital IC design.
- Understanding of the RTL-to-GDS flow, including synthesis and place and route.
- Scripting experience in TCL, Perl, or Python.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Experience with Cadence or Synopsys physical design tools.
- Familiarity with static timing analysis.
- Familiarity with physical design rules on advanced process nodes.
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude for flow development.
- Internship or tape-out experience, including class or university tape-outs.
Responsibilities
- Run synthesis and place and route using Cadence Genus, Innovus, and Cerebrus.
- Write TCL and Python scripts to automate and improve the physical design flow.
- Help physical designers debug timing, congestion, and design rule issues.
- Work with tool vendors to report bugs and test flow improvements.
- Maintain flow documentation and regression testing.
Benefits
- Equity.
- Employee medical insurance with 95% of premiums covered.
- Dependent medical insurance with 77% of premiums covered.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Basic life, voluntary life, and AD&D insurance plans.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for health care, limited purpose, and dependent care.
- Headspace subscription.
- Gympass+ membership with access to physical gyms.
- One Medical membership.
- Counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
