Sr. Physical Design Engineer

Sr. Physical Design Engineer

Job Title: Sr. Physical Design Engineer

Location: Bengaluru, India (on-site)

About the role: We are seeking a seasoned Physical Design Engineer with a strong background in all aspects of Physical Design and Implementation flows. The ideal candidate will play a key role in shaping our technology portfolio, bringing expertise and creativity to our solutions

Responsibilities:

• Own RTL to GDS physical implementation flows for synthesis, floor-planning, place and route, clock tree synthesis, timing & power closure, EM/IR, PDV and final PD sign off
• Own physical design & implementation of high-performance designs from block level to system level components
• Deep collaboration with Micro-architects to explore performance, power and area trade-offs for high performance and low power designs
• Physical implementation feasibility studies and design recommendations for best PPA
• Develop methodologies and recipes for various stages of physical implementation
• Perform various physical design validation (PDV) flows for Timing, Power, EM/IR, etc. to ensure physical design quality
• Perform design rule checking (DRC), (LVS) checks, and other physical verification tasks

Qualifications:

• BS, MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related degree
• Experience in all aspects of physical design including synthesis, floor planning, place & route, timing & power closure, EM/IR, physical design validation, etc
• Experience with synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis and PDV tools
• Experience in implementing clock trees and power grids
• Experience with scripting for physical design flow automation
• Experience with Synopsys Design Compiler, Prime Time, ICC, Fusion Compiler etc.
• Good knowledge of high-performance and low-power microarchitecture and logic design principles
• Understanding of modern (sub 7nm) sub-micron technology nodes and device physics
• Basic knowledge of System/SoC Architecture and System Verilog RTL coding
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

rich.goldstein@bayasystems.com