Physical Design Engineer

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Floor planning: Develop and optimize floorplans for ASIC designs, ensuring optimal placement of cores, macros, and I/O cells while considering performance and manufacturability.
• Place & Route (P&R): Perform place-and-route tasks, optimizing for timing, power, and area, ensuring congestion-free routing and maximizing PPA (Performance, Power, Area).
• Static Timing Analysis (STA): Carry out static timing analysis to identify violations and work on techniques for timing closure such as resizing, retiming, or re-optimization.
• Power Analysis & Optimization: Perform power analysis, targeting low-power designs using techniques such as clock gating, power gating, and low-power state optimization.
• Signal Integrity & Noise Analysis: Perform signal integrity analysis to avoid noise and crosstalk in the design.
• Design Rule Check (DRC) and Layout vs. Schematic (LVS): Run DRC and LVS checks to ensure the layout adheres to manufacturing rules and matches the schematic.
• RC Extraction: Perform parasitic extraction and analyze RC effects to ensure the design functions at the required operating frequencies.
• Verification: Participate in the final sign-off processes for physical design and support tape-out efforts, ensuring all design specifications are met.
• Collaboration: Work closely with design, verification, and CAD teams to troubleshoot and resolve any design-related issues.
• Documentation: Maintain clear documentation throughout the physical design flow for ease of understanding and for future reference.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors/Masters degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering or a relevant degree.
• Experience:
• Minimum 3-14 years of experience in ASIC physical design.
• Proficiency in place and route (P&R), static timing analysis (STA), power analysis, and DRC/LVS checks.
• Experience with tools like Cadence ,Innovus, Synopsys ,IC Compiler, or Mentor Graphics for physical design.
• Knowledge of advanced process nodes (e.g., 7nm, 5nm, 3nm) is a plus.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in digital design concepts and semiconductor process flows.
• Strong knowledge of timing optimization techniques and power optimization strategies.
• Familiarity with parasitic extraction and signal integrity analysis.
• Ability to script in languages like Tcl, Python, or Perl to automate tasks.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Detail-oriented, with a focus on accuracy and optimization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of working in a cross-functional team.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Perks and benefits

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