CareerPlan

Staff STA Engineer

Austin, TexasFull-time$198k2026-07-26 → 2026-10-21
Hybrid

Core

Owning full chip and block level timing closure throughout the entire project cycle for complex multi-instantiated SoCs.

Role type

Staff STA Engineer

Builds

Modern silicon chips using 3nm and advanced SoC 2.5D/3D technology

Domain

Semiconductor / Silicon Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Static Timing Analysis (STA), Timing closure, Multi-power domain design, Timing corners/modes (DFT, process variations, signal integrity), Automation (Perl/Tcl/Python), 5nm/3nm technology experience

Preferred skills

Electrical Engineering (Masters), Synthesis, Logic Equivalence, DFT, CLP, Backend methodology

Technologies

3nm, 5nm, 2.5D, 3D, DFT, Perl, Python, TCL

Responsibilities

Owning full chip and block level timing closure, Handling timing constraints for functional and test mode, Resolving sophisticated timing issues for major building blocks, ECO generation at block and top level, Collaborating with silicon engineering groups and EDA vendors

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC