Principal Physical Design CAD Engineer
Core
Develop, maintain, and improve CAD flows and methodologies for physical design teams, supporting advanced implementation stages from synthesis through place and route, timing closure, power optimization, and signoff readiness.
Role type
Principal Physical Design CAD Engineer
Builds
Automation infrastructure for implementation, analysis, reporting, and debug; GenAI solutions to accelerate debug and automate tasks
Domain
Semiconductor physical design and EDA automation
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Physical design concepts (synthesis, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, physical 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 building, regression systems, LLMs, prompt engineering, 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, quality of results, and flow robustness; Explore and integrate GenAI solutions to accelerate debug and automate repetitive tasks; Analyze tool results, logs, QoR metrics, timing reports, congestion, utilization, power, and design-rule issues
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC
