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SpaceX · 1 week ago

Physical Design Engineer II (Silicon Engineering)

Bastrop, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars and is seeking a motivated Physical Design Engineer II for their Silicon Engineering team. The role involves developing cutting-edge next-generation ASICs for deployment in space and ground infrastructures, with responsibilities including physical implementation, design methodology improvement, and collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform partition synthesis and physical implementation steps (e.g. synthesis, floorplanning, power/ground grid generation, place and route, timing, noise, physical verification, electromigration, voltage drop, logic equivalency and other signoff checks)

Develop/improve physical design methodologies and automation scripts for various implementation steps

Closely collaborate with the ASIC design team to drive architectural feasibility studies, develop timing, power and area design targets, and explore RTL/design tradeoffs

Resolve design/timing/congestion and flow issues, identify potential solutions and drive execution

Run, debug, and fix signoff closure issues in static timing analysis (STA), noise, logic equivalency, physical verification, electromigration and voltage drop

Qualification

RTL2GDSII physical designEDA tools experienceCMOS digital designDeep sub-micron FinFET knowledgeCMOS power dissipationDFT/Scan/MBIST/LBIST knowledgeScripting skillsCan-do attitudeWilling to learnDynamic group environmentSelf-driven

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science

3+ years of professional experience working on RTL2GDSII physical design and/or physical design flow development

Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State