Sr. Staff Physical Design CAD Engineer
Core
Develop and maintain world-class hardware physical design flows and automate best practices for constructing next-generation GPUs, CPUs, and APUs.
Role type
Senior Staff IC Physical Design CAD Engineer
Builds
Production silicon chips (GPUs, CPUs, APUs) using industry-standard EDA tools
Domain
Semiconductor hardware design / Physical Design / EDA
Required skills
Physical Design implementation, CAD flow development, EDA tool deployment, Place-and-route, Timing closure, Power optimization, PPA optimization, TCL scripting, Python scripting, Debugging complex flows, EDA vendor collaboration
Preferred skills
Physical verification, Extraction tools, Timing signoff, AI tools for engineering productivity, Tape-out experience
Technologies
Synopsys IC Compiler II, Synopsys Fusion Compiler, Synopsys PrimeTime, Cadence Innovus, StarRC
Responsibilities
Develop and enhance Physical Design CAD flows for AI, HPC, CPU, GPU, and SoC programs; Debug and optimize physical design challenges related to PPA; Evaluate and integrate new EDA tool capabilities; Work directly with EDA vendors to drive tool enhancements; Provide technical guidance and methodology expertise to engineering teams worldwide
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC
