CareerPlan

CPU Server Physical Design Methodology, Infrastructure and Automation Engineer

Santa Clara, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$148k–$222k2026-10-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Build infrastructure, automation, and dashboards for next-generation CPU physical design, synthesis, place & route, and signoff flows.

Role type

Senior IC physical design infrastructure and automation engineer

Builds

Design infrastructure, dashboards, and automation tools for CPU implementation teams

Domain

Semiconductor / CPU Physical Design

Required skills

Synthesis, place and route, signoff timing/power analysis, scripting (TCL, Python, Perl, CSS, HTML, JS, CGI), data analytics, root cause analysis, AI-assisted modeling

Preferred skills

MS in EE/CS, 10 years experience, industry standard tool knowledge, visual aid creation, complex data metrics representation

Technologies

TCL, Python, Perl, CSS, HTML, JS, CGI

Responsibilities

Work with cross-functional teams to bring up design infrastructure and dashboards for multiple CPU designs; Analyze and improve optimization methods for block-level implementation teams; Develop prediction models and automation for timing, power, and area estimation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC