Staff Physical Design Engineer

Posted 2 weeks ago

Apply Now

Resume Score

Check how well your resume matches this job before you apply.

Sign in to check score

About the role

  • Staff Physical Design Engineer driving physical implementation of EnCharge AI’s advanced AI hardware chips. Optimizing timing, power, and area from netlist through foundry tapeout.

Responsibilities

  • Drive block-level and top-level physical design, including floor-planning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), and routing.
  • Achieve aggressive timing, power, and area (PPA) targets through advanced timing closure techniques.
  • Perform power grid verification and manage electromigration and IR drop (EM/IR) analysis and resolution.
  • Develop and maintain automation scripts (Tcl/Python) to streamline design flows and methodologies.
  • Collaborate with physical verification and foundry teams to ensure design rule compliance and successful tapeout execution.
  • Translate complex microarchitectures into high-performance, power-efficient silicon.
  • Own implementation from netlist to successful foundry tapeout.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10–15 years of dedicated experience in physical design.
  • Strong understanding of EDA implementation flows with extensive experience using Cadence design tools.
  • Deep understanding of static timing analysis (STA) concepts and advanced timing closure methodologies.
  • Demonstrated success in top-level and block-level physical design, with hierarchical floorplanning expertise a strong plus.
  • Proficiency in low-power design techniques, debugging, and EM/IR check resolution/power grid verification.
  • Strong scripting skills in Tcl or Python for design flow automation.
  • Solid understanding of advanced process nodes and physical verification requirements associated with routing.
  • Experience with physical design methodology, flow setup, and advanced flow evaluations.
  • Prior experience with PDK management or foundry tapeout processes is highly desirable.
  • Equal employment opportunity employer in the United States.

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$170,000 - $240,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Python

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

Report this job

Found something wrong with the page? Please let us know by submitting a report below.