Senior/Principal Physical Design Engineer (remote)
About The Position
We are seeking an experienced Physical Design / P&R Engineer to take a key role in delivering complex, high-performance ASICs from RTL/netlist through GDSII and tapeout. The engineer will own critical aspects of physical implementation, including floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, timing closure, and PPA optimization, working with advanced technologies such as RISC-V, DDR, and SerDes. Using Synopsys Fusion Compiler and Siemens Calibre, this role addresses challenging physical design problems and contributes to successful silicon outcomes while collaborating with a multidisciplinary ASIC engineering team. The role includes full-chip implementation and signoff, developing and improving physical design flows and automation, resolving implementation and verification issues, supporting IP and RISC-V subsystem integration, and providing technical guidance to other engineers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of direct industry experience with ASIC and/or SoC design.
- BSEE/MSEE or equivalent.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Experience with industry-standard development tools and methodologies.
- Familiarity with RISC architectures, such as ARM or MIPS.
- Proficiency in Synopsys Design Compiler and other EDA tools.
- Proven track record of first-pass successes.
- Self-starter with the ability to assume leadership roles.
- Strong background in RTL-based digital IC design using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
- Strong understanding of digital design principles.
- Willingness to mentor and develop less experienced engineers.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and optimize designs to meet power, performance, and area (PPA) objectives while satisfying timing, signal integrity, reliability, and manufacturability requirements.
- Collaborate with RTL design, verification, DFT, analog/mixed-signal, packaging, and other engineering teams to ensure successful chip integration.
- Develop and optimize floorplans incorporating complex IP and high-speed interfaces, including DDR and SerDes.
- Develop, maintain, and improve physical design flows, scripts, methodologies, and automation to increase efficiency and design quality.
- Identify and resolve congestion, routing, timing, power integrity, and physical verification issues throughout implementation.
- Participate in design reviews and recommend floorplanning, physical architecture, implementation strategies, and PPA tradeoffs.
- Perform full-chip physical design implementation from synthesized netlist through GDSII, including floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, optimization, and timing closure.
- Perform physical verification and signoff using Siemens Calibre, including DRC and LVS verification and resolution of physical design violations.
- Perform static timing analysis and drive timing closure across multiple operating modes, process corners, and design constraints.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers and contribute to the team's internal physical design capabilities.
- Support final design signoff and tapeout, ensuring applicable physical design and verification requirements are satisfied.
- Support integration and physical implementation of third-party and internally developed IP blocks.
- Support physical implementation and integration of RISC-V processor-based designs and subsystems, including timing, power, and physical design considerations.
- Troubleshoot complex implementation and signoff issues and drive corrective actions through resolution.
- Use Synopsys Fusion Compiler for physical implementation, optimization, and design closure.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
