Senior Staff / Principal Engineer - Digital Design
Core
Own physical design implementation for complex digital blocks and subsystems, driving timing closure, power optimization, and tapeout execution.
Role type
Senior Staff / Principal Digital Design Engineer (Backend Physical Design)
Builds
Physical implementations of digital blocks and subsystems for semiconductor chips
Domain
Semiconductor / VLSI / Backend Physical Design
Required skills
floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, physical optimization, timing closure, congestion analysis, power optimization, DRC, LVS, ERC, scripting, flow development
Preferred skills
mentorship, methodology improvement, cross-team collaboration
Technologies
EDA tools (implied by DRC/LVS/CTS), scripting languages
Responsibilities
Own physical design implementation including floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, and optimization; Drive timing closure, congestion analysis, and power optimization; Perform physical verification (DRC, LVS, ERC); Develop constraints, scripts, and flow improvements; Collaborate with RTL, DV, DFT, and package teams; Author documentation and mentor junior engineers; Support tapeout planning and execution.
