Efficient Computer · 2 months ago
Lead Physical Design Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $230K/yr
5+ years expEfficient is developing the world’s most energy-efficient general-purpose computer processor. The Lead Physical Design Engineer will design and implement the chip through tape-out, leading a team and working collaboratively with various design teams to ensure successful integration and verification.
ComputerEmbedded SoftwareInformation TechnologyManufacturingSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Lead physical design team from synthesis to sign-off and tape-out
Run physical design tasks including synthesis and place-and-route
Work with digital design team to integrate analog and digital IP into design
Interact with design verification team and run verification tasks on design
Resolve DRC & LVS violations to produce DRC-clean GDS-II of chip to deliver to foundry
Interact with foundry partners through multi-party wafer and manufacturing runs
Interact with backend services partners on physical design tasks through sign-off
Implement and execute physical design management process with PD team
Setup and maintain physical design tools, primarily Synopsys, but also potentially including Mentor/Siemens EDA, Cadence, or ANSYS tools as necessary
Run power and energy modeling on synthesized, place-and-routed design
Interact with digital design team to resolve RTL-level issues leading to DRC violations
Mentor and train junior hardware physical design engineers
Qualification
Required
Must be an outstanding leader in physical design with substantial experience successfully bringing real chips from design to tape-out
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with 7+ years of industry experience or PhD in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of industry experience
Experience running physical design tasks using Synopsys and/or Cadence EDA tools
Experience interacting with chip foundry services companies
Experience integrating analog and digital IP into prior tape-outs
Experience with post-silicon bring-up and working with post-silicon validation team
Experience with performing verification and interacting with verification and design teams
Experience with power and energy modeling
Experience with continuous integration and testing
Strong attention to detail, good work ethic, ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, and good communication skills
Benefits
401K match
Company-paid benefits
Equity program
Paid parental leave
Flexibility
Company
Efficient Computer
Efficient is creating the world's most energy-efficient general-purpose processor.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$69.75MKey Investors
Eclipse Ventures
2025-11-18Series Unknown· $53.75M
2023-12-05Seed· $16M
Leadership Team
Brandon Lucia
Co-founder & CEO
Recent News
2025-07-31
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