Senior Staff Engineer, Physical Implementation CAD Lead
Core
Lead the development and deployment of physical design CAD flows and methodologies to enable high-performance, power-efficient GPU and SoC designs at advanced technology nodes.
Role type
Senior Staff IC Physical Implementation CAD Lead
Builds
Scalable physical design flows (synthesis, placement, routing, timing, power optimization) and automation infrastructure for next-generation silicon.
Domain
Semiconductor / Advanced Node Physical Design / GPU & SoC
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Physical Design flows (synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, power optimization), P&R toolsets (Cadence, Synopsys), Static Timing Analysis, voltage-aware optimization, voltage drop analysis, physical verification flows (Calibre/ICV), DTCO considerations, scripting (Python, Tcl, shell), mentoring engineers
Preferred skills
AI-assisted methodologies, cross-functional collaboration with EDA vendors, navigating sub-5nm process node challenges
Technologies
Python, Tcl, shell, Cadence, Synopsys, Calibre, ICV
Responsibilities
Define and evolve next-generation physical design flows; provide technical leadership and hands-on support for flow triage and complex implementation challenges; champion automation and infrastructure development; advance cross-functional collaboration with design and DTCO teams; mentor junior engineers
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with team leadership
