Senior Physical Design Engineer

As a Senior Physical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for driving physical design activities across the implementation flow, from floorplanning through sign-off and tape-out, working on complex designs and advanced technology nodes.

In this role, you will:

• Perform block and full-chip Physical Design using advanced technology nodes (10nm and below).
• Perform floorplanning, partitioning, power planning, placement, Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS), routing, and optimization.
• Drive timing analysis and timing closure, including signal integrity and noise analysis.
• Generate and implement functional and timing ECOs.
• Perform physical verification activities, including Formal Verification, EM/IR, DRC, LVS, Antenna, and ERC analysis and fixes.
• Work on Low Power design implementation and related methodologies.
• Develop scripts for clock skew analysis, critical path analysis, I/O interfaces, and constraint partitioning and budgeting.
• Support sign-off and tape-out activities.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the design implementation and closure process.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in Physical Design or related ASIC implementation activities.
• Experience with advanced technology nodes of 10nm and below.
• Experience working on complex designs with 500K to 1M+ instances.
• Strong hands-on experience with Synopsys and/or Cadence Physical Design and timing analysis tools.
• Solid experience in floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, and design optimization.
• Knowledge of synthesis flows and DFT scan insertion and coverage.
• Strong knowledge of Static Timing Analysis (STA), signal integrity, and timing closure.
• Experience with functional and timing ECO generation and implementation.
• Hands-on experience with EM/IR, DRC, LVS, Antenna, and ERC analysis and fixes.
• Experience with sign-off and tape-out activities.
• Proficiency in scripting languages and automation tools such as Perl, TCL, Python, and Makefile.
• Experience with top-level floorplanning and pin assignment is considered a plus.
• Good command of English, both written and spoken.
• Strong problem-solving skills, technical autonomy, and ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary environments.