Physical Design Engineer

1 week ago


Milpitas, CA, United States Texas State Library and Archives Commision Full time

We're looking for a hands-on Physical Design Engineer to support complex SoC projects for our client who designs and delivers advanced System-on-Chip solutions across multiple emerging technologies. They provide high-performance custom solutions for cutting-edge applications. You'll collaborate with customers, frontend, and integration teams to ensure successful tape-outs, contributing across all phases of physical design. Profile of preferred candidate includes 10 + years of hands-on experience, custom ASIC, strong communication skills, experience with multiple tape outs from inception, small company experience. Local candidates are preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

Pre-layout STA for feasibility and timing constraint validation

Chip/block-level floorplanning and pin assignment

Clock spec review and clock tree synthesis

Placement, routing, and timing optimization

Sign-off tasks: RC extraction, STA, IR-drop analysis, and physical verification

Customer meetings and technical presentations

Qualifications

BSEE with 5+ years experience; MSEE preferred

Strong experience in ASIC physical design and SoC development (28nm/16nm)

Proficient in ICC2/Innovus, scripting (Perl/Tcl/Python)

Knowledge of frontend design and hierarchical layouts

Familiar with power/IR-drop tools (PrimePower/Redhawk) and STA (PrimeTime)

Skilled in PV tools and debugging PV errors

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Why is This a Great Opportunity

Leading custom ASIC and SoC development company with a pipeline of new technology projects for top companies. Employees are real contributors, often working independently or as part of a small team. Will work of full project lifecycle from inception to tapeout.



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