Physical Design Engineer

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 10+ years of ASIC or SoC physical design experience with multiple successful tapeouts.
• Expert-level understanding of floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, optimization, timing closure, ECOs, and physical verification.
• Strong expertise in static timing analysis and multi-mode, multi-corner timing closure.
• Strong understanding of power delivery, IR drop, electromigration, and signal integrity.
• Demonstrated ability to independently own complex blocks or major portions of a chip through signoff.
• Strong understanding of clock design, timing constraints, variation, extraction, and advanced-node physical effects.
• Experience with industry-standard Cadence and/or Synopsys physical implementation and signoff tools.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Tcl, Python, Perl, or similar languages.
• Ability to debug complex design problems across RTL, timing, physical implementation, and signoff domains.
• Strong communication skills and ability to provide technical leadership without requiring formal management authority.

Desired Skills

• Experience with advanced process nodes.
• Experience with large, high-frequency or highly interconnected semiconductor designs.
• Experience with hierarchical design and top-level physical integration.
• Experience developing physical design methodologies and automation.
• Experience working closely with package, SI/PI, and power-delivery teams.
• Experience with multi-die, chiplet, or advanced packaging architectures.
• Familiarity with EDA tool evaluation, benchmarking, and optimization.
• Experience in an early-stage semiconductor environment.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to independently drive complex technical problems to closure.
• Comfortable operating across both detailed implementation work and broader chip-level design considerations.
• Ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative, fast-paced engineering organization.

Compensation

• Target base salary for this role is $180,000 – $260,000 per year, plus meaningful equity, benefits, and 401(k). Salary ranges are determined by role, level, experience, and location.
• We are an equal opportunity employer. We value a range of perspectives and experiences and make employment decisions based on merit and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of legally protected characteristics.

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