CareerPlan

Lead Design Engineer

CARY, USFull-time2026-07-22 → 2026-11-13

Core

Implement, verify, and achieve timing closure for Palladium and Protium high-capacitive, high-performance hardware-assisted verification System-On-Chip (SOC) designs.

Role type

Senior IC physical design engineer (SoC verification)

Builds

Palladium and Protium SOCs for hardware-assisted verification

Domain

Semiconductor / Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

Required skills

RTL synthesis, floorplanning, clock tree synthesis, timing closure, IR drop analysis, physical verification, Linux server administration, Shell/Perl/TCL/Python scripting, knowledge of industry interfaces (PCI Express, DDR, LPDDR, SRAM, UCIe)

Preferred skills

Experience with 5nm, 3nm, and 2nm process nodes

Technologies

Innovus, Tempus, QRC, Voltus, Pegasus

Responsibilities

Work on RTL synthesis and floorplanning; Build clock trees and perform optimizations; Close timing, IR drop and physical verification; Review and Document designs for taping out; Interface with Front End RTL design teams and Back End Verification teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC