Versazen ยท 1 day ago
PD/Physical Design Implementation Engineer
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Responsibilities
Perform Synthesis, floorplanning, placement, Clock, routing, and PPA optimization for High Speed Advance ASICs.
Define and drive physical design strategies to meet aggressive performance, power, and area targets.
Perform efficient Clock planning and distribution to entire grid with the use of Mesh or CTS.
Conduct detailed analysis of timing, power, and area, and drive design optimizations to improve QoR
Signoff closure support for STA, PV, LEC, IR/EM, CLP| very efficiently.
Work closely with RTL design and DFT teams to understand design requirements and constraints, and drive successful tapout of complex designs.
Support and Development of advanced physical design methodologies and flows for complex semiconductor designs.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics & Communications.
Proficiency in industry-standard DA tools from Cadence, Synopsys and Mentor Graphics for Synthesis, PnR, Signoff Closure.
Strong scripting skills using TCL, Python, or Perl for design automation and tool customization.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a track record of delivering high-quality designs on schedule.
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
Proven ability to Engineer and mentor junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and development.
Preferred
Experience with advanced process nodes 3nm, 5nm, 7nm, 10nm including knowledge of FinFET technology.
Expertise in Synthesis that includes details understanding of RTL, Early PnR timing issues, Constraint issue, design issues.
Experience in handling Partitions and blocks for size estimation, pin assignment, CTS.
Knowledge on Handling various custom IP such as PLL, Divider, Serdes, ADC, DAC, GPIO, HSIO for PD integration at block level.
Detailed Knowledge on Clocking methodology and various techniques to improve skew, latency, timing, power.
Familiarity with low-power design techniques and methodologies, such as multi-voltage domains and power gating using UPF.
Expertise in physical verification, including DRC, Antenna, LVS, LEC and ERC checks.
Expertise in Timing Closure including setup, hold, DRV, SI, Interface issues.
Experience and good experience in various foundries and their backend implementation requirements.