Celestial AI · 3 months ago
Physical Design Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$185K/yr - $215K/yr
5+ years expCelestial AI is a pioneering company in the realm of Generative AI and advanced data center infrastructure. They are seeking a highly skilled Physical Design Engineer to develop and implement high-performance, low-power physical designs for SOC and block level designs, while collaborating closely with digital and analog design teams.
Semiconductors
Responsibilities
Develop and implement high-performance, low-power, area efficient physical design for SOC and block level designs using industry standard EDA tools
Work closely with digital and analog design teams to understand design requirements and constraints to be able to implement physical design
Contribute to physical design flow development
Resolve or find workarounds for tool issues, independently or working with EDA tool vendors
Work closely with synthesis team to help provide feedback on design feasibility, constraints, timing, power, placement and routing issues
Perform physical verification, STA, EM & IR Drop analysis
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (advanced degree preferred)
Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in physical design
Knowledge and hands-on experience with physical design methodologies and implementation
Proficiency in relevant EDA physical design and verification tools (e.g., Cadence Innovus, Tempus, Quantus, Voltus, Pegasus) and scripting languages (e.g., Tcl, Perl)
Experience with custom IP integration
Strong understanding of deep technology nodes, preferably TSMC N5
Solid understanding of physical design and timing optimization techniques and strategies to achieve physical design and timing closure
Proven track record of delivering successful designs on time and meeting performance, power and area goals
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze and debug complex physical design issues
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within cross-functional teams
Preferred
Experience with complex clock tree synthesis
Knowledge of low-power UPF based physical design flows
Knowledge of hierarchical physical design flows, for large chips
Understanding of power-aware optimization techniques for low-power designs
Understanding process related issues such as OCV, DFM, yield, multi-vt strategies and thermal management
Benefits
Health, vision, dental and life insurance
Collaborative and continuous learning work environment
Company
Celestial AI
AI is touching our lives and driving breakthroughs in healthcare, finance, autonomous systems, and countless other domains.
51-200 employees
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