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PHYSICAL DESIGN ENGINEER

  • On-site
    • Milpitas, California, United States
  • $150,000 - $220,000 per year
  • ENGINEERING

PHYSICAL DESIGN ENGINEER || Milpitas, California

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Job description

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

Job requirements

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

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