Physical Design Staff Engineer
Core
Plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems (Digital/Analog/RF/optical) and packaging to launch cutting-edge products.
Role type
Senior IC physical design engineer (CPU domain)
Builds
High-performance, low-power CPU chips
Domain
Semiconductor hardware engineering
Required skills
Physical design, Static Timing Analysis (STA), floorplanning, power optimization, ECO generation, Perl/TCL scripting, deep submicron process knowledge
Preferred skills
High-performance/low-power implementation methods, PPA optimization
Technologies
Genus, Innovus, FC, PT, Tempus, Voltas, Redhawk
Responsibilities
Create complex ECOs for timing convergence across huge sets of corners, minimize power, perform timing signoff and physical verification, push PPA to the best possible extent
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
