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Physical Design Methodology & Flow

San Jose, CA💼 Full-time💰 $180,000–$180,000🗓 2026-07-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the development and maintenance of physical design composition flows for state-of-the-art RDU chips optimized for machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Role type

Senior Physical Design Flow Owner/Lead

Builds

RDU chips for ML/AI workloads

Domain

Semiconductor hardware design (RDU chips) for Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Physical design flow development, RTL to GDS flow, Synthesis, Place and route, Advanced technology node design rules (3nm and below), Scripting (TCL, Perl, Python), Cadence tool sets (Genus, Innovus, Cerebrus)

Preferred skills

Familiarity with Cadence physical design reference flow, Fluency in Claude/AI tools for flow development

Technologies

Cadence Genus, Cadence Innovus, Cadence Cerebrus, TCL, Perl, Python

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain physical composition flow utilizing Cadence tool sets, Address diverse flow and design issues with physical designers, Collaborate with tool vendors to address tool bugs and flow enhancement

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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