Physical Design Engineer

This client is looking for a Physical Design Engineer to join their semiconductor R&D team in Antwerp, working on the implementation of complex digital circuitry for advanced imaging technologies.

This is a hands-on Physical Design Engineer position covering the RTL-to-GDS flow, with scope to work across implementation, optimisation and backend methodology development.

Key responsibilities

• Execute the complete digital backend flow from RTL to GDS, including synthesis, floorplanning, power planning, place & route, clock tree synthesis (CTS), static timing analysis (STA) and logic equivalence checking (LEC)
• Provide innovative solutions to reach product targets and drive performance, power and area optimizations
• Develop, maintain and enhance backend methodologies, flows and automation scripts
• Collaborate closely with the analog team and the digital design and verification engineers to resolve implementation challenges and successfully complete the project
• Participate in design/architecture reviews and risk assessments from a physical implementation perspective

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in microelectronics or related fields
• Experience with the complete digital backend flow from RTL to GDS
• Experience with industry-standard EDA tools
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Tcl, Python)
• Experience with Cadence tools is preferred 
• Experience with CMOS image sensor architectures is highly desireable 

For more information on this role or others then please contact Jordan Browne at IC Resources.