Eliyan Corporation · 1 month ago
Sr Staff - Physical Design
Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expEliyan is a leading chiplet startup focused on creating technologies for chiplet-based systems. The role involves overseeing the physical design process of ASICs, optimizing design flows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality product delivery.
ElectronicsManufacturingSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Define and execute block and partition physical design strategy for multiple projects, ensuring alignment with company goals and timelines
Drive continuous improvements in flow efficiency, automation, and quality metrics to meet power, performance, and area (PPA) targets
Handle the complete ASIC physical design process for blocks or partitions, from RTL handoff to GDSII delivery
Develop, optimize, and maintain ASIC design flow and block specific customizations for synthesis, PNR, EM/IR analysis, STA, and PV
Collaborate with front-end design teams on RTL, static timing design constraints, and design-for-test (DFT) collaterals
Drive floor planning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, and physical optimization in PNR
Perform EMIR analysis, timing closure through STA, and physical verification, including fill, DRC, LVS, and antenna checks
Ensure successful tapeout with full sign-off criteria met, including reliability and manufacturability requirements
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including front-end design, DFT, package engineering, and manufacturing
Present project updates and status reports to executive leadership
Qualification
Required
Expertise in multiple areas of physical design, timing, and signoff for large, medium, and small ASICs
Specific experience in mixed signal SOC physical design and standard PHY implementation like D2D, PCIe, multi-gig SerDes etc
Strong scripting and automation skills – Tcl, Python, Makefiles
Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Preferred
8-12 years of experience in ASIC physical design, with a proven track record of leading junior engineers through successful tapeouts
Deep expertise in the following areas: RTL-to-GDSII flows, Synthesis, PnR, STA, EM/IR, and PV
Physical design for advanced process node (5nm and below) across two or more foundries
Strong knowledge of EDA tools (Synopsys or Cadence) and scripting (Python, Perl)
Exceptional problem-solving skills
Benefits
Excellent benefits
Company
Eliyan Corporation
Eliyan's mission is to revolutionize chiplet connectivity technologies by challenging the status quo to unleash the ultimate performance of smart systems of the future.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$100MKey Investors
VentureTech AllianceTracker Capital Management
2024-08-13Series Unknown
2024-03-25Series B· $60M
2022-11-08Series A· $40M
Leadership Team
Syrus Ziai
Founder and VP Engineering
Recent News
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