Senior Physical Design Engineer

A major US semiconductor manufacturer is looking for a Senior Physical Design Engineer to help establish and expand its in-house ASIC implementation team, supporting the development of cutting-edge precision timing and mixed-signal semiconductor products.

You will join a highly successful global engineering organisation responsible for the implementation and delivery of complex digital and mixed-signal ASICs. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in building physical design methodologies and flows from the ground up, working closely with RTL, analog, verification, and product engineering teams across the full RTL-to-GDSII flow.

The desired applicant for the role of Senior Physical Design Engineer will have strong backend implementation expertise, excellent timing closure knowledge, and experience developing robust physical design methodologies using Cadence tools. Experience across low-power and mixed-signal designs would be highly advantageous.

Requirements:

• Degree / Masters / Doctorate in Electronics, Microelectronics, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Experience building Cadence-based physical design flows and methodologies from scratch is essential 
• Strong industry experience delivering complex ASICs through successful tape-out
• Proven expertise across the full RTL-to-GDSII implementation flow
• Floorplanning, power planning, power grid design, place and route (PnR), clock tree synthesis (CTS), and physical verification
• Advanced Static Timing Analysis (STA), timing closure, timing constraints, and ECO implementation
• Experience with low-power implementation methodologies and UPF
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EM/IR analysis, and physical sign-off
• Scripting and automation skills using Tcl, Python, Perl, or Shell scripting
• Ability to work closely with front-end, verification, and analog teams to achieve successful silicon delivery

Excellent salaries, benefits, stocks, bonus, and visa sponsorship are all available for the correctly qualified candidate.

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