CareerPlan

CPU Server Floorplan and Integration Engineer

Santa Clara, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$148k–$222k2026-09-22 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, floorplan, and integrate high-performance CPU designs for data center server solutions, meeting aggressive power, area, and performance goals.

Role type

Senior IC physical design engineer (CPU floorplan and integration)

Builds

Server-class high-performance CPU solutions

Domain

Semiconductor hardware design (CPU/SoC physical design)

Required skills

CPU floorplanning, block-level implementation, full chip integration, synthesis, place and route, signoff timing/power analysis, power grid planning, IP integration, static timing analysis (STA), electromigration and IR drop (EMIR) flows, low power design methodologies, circuit and layout design principles

Preferred skills

Deep submicron process technology nodes, leading physical design database development, industry standard tools for tapeout flows

Technologies

Synthesis, place and route, STA, EMIR flows, IP integration tools

Responsibilities

Perform CPU physical design tasks including floorplanning, Bump/RDL planning, IP integration, power/ground generation, and pin assignment; Oversee full chip floorplan, area optimizations, block partitioning, and pin assignments; Manage chip-level place and route and finalize the CPU database for construction and verification; Coordinate custom layout integration; Collaborate with external teams to fulfill IP technical and delivery requirements; Develop workflows for chip integration and analysis

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC