CareerPlan

Physical Design Engineer, New Grad

Austin, TXFull-time$120k–$150k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-11

Core

Run and improve RTL to GDS flow on advanced process nodes for RDU chip designs.

Role type

New grad physical design engineer (IC)

Builds

RDU chips (Reconfigurable Dataflow Units) for AI inference platforms

Domain

Semiconductor / VLSI / AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

RTL to GDS flow, synthesis, place and route, TCL scripting, Python scripting, VLSI/digital IC design

Preferred skills

Static timing analysis, physical design rules on advanced nodes, AI tools usage, tape-out experience

Technologies

Cadence Genus, Cadence Innovus, Cadence Cerebrus, TSMC

Responsibilities

Run synthesis and place and route using Cadence tools, Write scripts to automate physical design flow, Debug timing and congestion issues, Work with tool vendors on bugs

Seniority

Junior, New Grad