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Principal Physical Design Engineer

United States, California, Mountain View💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead and execute Physical Design activities at block, sub-chip, and full-chip levels, contributing to flow development, automation, and methodology improvements.

Role type

Principal Physical Design Engineer

Builds

Complex ASICs in leading edge technology

Domain

Semiconductor / Physical Design

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Physical Design implementation, Signoff at block/sub-system/sub-chip/SoC level, Technology node evaluation, IP selection, EDA tool selection, Vendor solution evaluation, Flow development, Automation, Methodology improvement, Team leadership, Risk mitigation

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Lead and execute Physical Design activities at block, sub-chip, and full-chip levels; Contribute to Physical Design flow development, automation, and methodology improvements; Evaluate and recommend technology nodes, IP selection, EDA tools, and vendor solutions; Provide status updates on progress, risks, and mitigation plans to management; Lead team to deliver planned PD goals

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

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