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Physical Design Engineer I (Co-op) - United States

Maynard, Massachusetts, US💼 Full-time💰 $44,000–$44,000🗓 2026-09-29

Core

Design, develop, and build ASIC designs for optical communication products, focusing on physical implementation and optimization.

Role type

Co-op Physical Design Engineer (ASIC)

Builds

ASIC designs for optical communication products

Domain

Semiconductor / VLSI / Optical Communications

Required skills

RTL to GDSII design cycle knowledge, Static Timing Analysis, block level synthesis, place and route, PnR tools, signoff tools

Preferred skills

Deep submicron CMOS technologies, scripting (Perl, Tcl, Python, Shell), previous internship experience

Responsibilities

Work with Front-End teams to understand design architecture, perform gate level netlist synthesis, execute physical implementation (floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing), optimize power/performance/area, conduct static timing analysis and signoff closure, perform physical verification and signoff closure, conduct EMIR analysis and signoff closure

Seniority

Co-op / Intern

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