Physical Design Engineer
Core
Drive physical aspects of chip partitions from netlist to GDS2, ensuring timing, physical, and electrical closure while optimizing for power density and area.
Role type
Senior IC physical design engineer (VLSI)
Builds
Large-scale integrated circuits (chips)
Domain
Semiconductor / VLSI
Required skills
VLSI design, CMOS fundamentals, Place and Route (PnR), Static Timing Analysis (STA), Physical Design Verification (DRC, LVS, Antenna), Verilog coding, standard cells, compiled memories
Preferred skills
N/A
Technologies
Verilog, GDS2
Responsibilities
Collaborate with logic design teams to understand partition architecture; Complete netlist to GDS2 implementation; Perform timing, physical, and electrical verification; Resolve and improve design and flow issues; Explore and implement low power techniques; Optimize designs for area to achieve a low area footprint.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
