Staff/ Principal Physical Design CAD Engineer
Core
Develop and maintain physical design CAD flows and automation infrastructure for high-speed semiconductor chips powering large AI clusters, ensuring precision from RTL to GDSII.
Role type
Staff/Principal Physical Design CAD Engineer
Builds
Automation infrastructure for implementation, analysis, reporting, and debug in physical design flows
Domain
Semiconductor / AI Infrastructure / Physical Design
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Physical design concepts (synthesis, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, verification), Synopsys Fusion Compiler, scripting (Tcl, Python), automation development, timing/power/congestion analysis, debugging
Preferred skills
PrimeTime, StarRC, ICC2, Innovus, Voltus, RedHawk, Calibre, STA, low-power design (UPF, EM/IR), dashboard/regression system building, LLMs/prompt engineering/AI agents, Git, CI/CD, cloud compute
Technologies
Synopsys Fusion Compiler, PrimeTime, StarRC, ICC2, Innovus, Voltus, RedHawk, Calibre, Tcl, Python, Git
Responsibilities
Develop and support physical design CAD flows using industry-standard EDA tools; Build automation infrastructure for implementation, analysis, reporting, and debug; Support design teams in synthesis, floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, timing, power, and physical verification; Create scripts and utilities to improve productivity and flow robustness; Explore and integrate GenAI solutions to accelerate debug and automate tasks; Analyze tool results, logs, QoR metrics, timing reports, congestion, utilization, power, and design-rule issues
Seniority
Staff/Principal, hands-on IC with strategic ownership
