Physical Design Engineer

Job summary

Responsibilities

You’ll work closely with RTL designers to define and execute on physical design strategies. You will develop tools, flows and methodologies to increase team productivity. Your work will directly impact silicon’s performance and cost efficiency, as well as the team’s execution velocity and quality.

• Develop, build and own tools, flows and methodologies for physical implementation
• Own physical implementation of floorplan blocks from floorplanning to final signoff
• Collaborate with RTL designers to drive optimal block implementation solutions
• Analyze and optimize design for timing, power, and area trade-offs, working in collaboration with EDA vendors and ASIC partners

What they're looking for

• BS w/ 4+ or MS with 2+ years or PhD with 0-1 year(s) of relevant industry experience in physical design and methodology development
• Demonstrated success in taping out complex silicon designs
• Hands-on experience with block physical implementation and PPA convergence
• Strong coding experience with python, bazel, TCL
• Strong experience building physical design tools, flows and methodologies

Tech stack

• Python